tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Red River of the North
The Red River (french: rivière Rouge or ) is a river in the north-central United States and central Canada. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota, it fl ...
, approximately long, in southeastern
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...
in the
United States
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. Via the Red River,
Lake Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg (french: Lac Winnipeg, oj, ᐑᓂᐸᑲᒥᐠᓴᑯ˙ᑯᐣ, italics=no, Weenipagamiksaguygun) is a very large, relatively shallow lake in North America, in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Its southern end is about north of t ...
, and the
Nelson River
The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The river drains Lake Winnipeg and runs before it ends in Hudson Bay. Its full length (including the Saskatchewan River and Bow River) is , i ...
, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay. The Wild Rice River drains an area of in the Red River Valley region. Its tributaries also drain a small part of northeastern
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...
. Despite its length, it is a fairly small stream, flowing at an average rate of approximately 100
cubic feet per second
Cubic may refer to:
Science and mathematics
* Cube (algebra), "cubic" measurement
* Cube, a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex
** Cubic crystal system, a crystal system w ...
(3 m³/s).
The river was so named for the former abundance of wild rice along its course.
Great Bend
Great Bend is a city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. It is named for its location at the point where the course of the Arkansas River bends east then southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population of the ci ...
. Past Great Bend, the river turns northward; from west of the city of Wahpeton it generally parallels the Red River in a winding channel at a distance of approximately . It flows into the Red River in southeastern Cass County, approximately southeast of Frontier and south of Fargo.North Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 52-53, 63-64
Flow rate
The
United States Geological Survey
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Abercrombie
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* Abercrombie Lawson (1870–1927), botanist and professor
* Abercrombie (surname) (list of people with the family name Abercrombie)
Places Americas
* Abercrombie, North Dakota, United States, city in Richland ...
. Between 1932 and 2005, the annual mean flow of the river at the gauge was . The river's highest flow during the period was on April 11, 1969. Readings of zero have also been recorded.
At an upstream gauge near Rutland in Sargent County, the annual mean flow between 1960 and 1982 was . A reading of was recorded on April 3, 1997.Robinson, pp. 38-39
Geographic Names Information System
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