Bois de Sioux River
| Bois de Sioux River | ||
 Catchment area of the Red River of the North |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 640348 | |
| location | Minnesota , North Dakota , South Dakota (USA) | |
| River system | Nelson River | |
| Drain over | Red River of the North → Nelson River → Hudson Bay | |
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Lake Traverse on the border of South Dakota and Minnesota 45 ° 51 '42 " N , 96 ° 34' 23" W |
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| Source height | 297 m | |
| Union | with the Otter Tail River to the Red River of the North Coordinates: 46 ° 15 '52 " N , 96 ° 35' 55" W 46 ° 15 '52 " N , 96 ° 35' 55" W. |
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| Mouth height | 290 m | |
| Height difference | 7 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.15 ‰ | |
| length | 48 km | |
 The Bois de Sioux River below the dam on Lake Traverse. Roberts County , South Dakota is pictured on left and Traverse County , Minnesota on right. |
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 Bois de Sioux River below the dam at Mud Lake in Traverse County. The river is straightened in this section and therefore flows a little east of the border between Minnesota and South Dakota. |
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The Bois de Sioux River is a river that drains Lake Traverse , the southernmost body of water in the Hudson Bay basin .
It is a tributary of the Red River of the North and forms part of the border between the US states of Minnesota and North Dakota and South Dakota . The river has a length of about 48 kilometers.
Run
The river flows beginning at a dam of the United States Army Corps of Engineers at the north end of Lake Traverse ( ⊙ ) northwards and then flows through the Mud Lake . Below this lake, the river is channeled and straightened so that its course deviates from the historic boundary of the states of Minnesota and South Dakota. It flows past White Rock before it forms the Red River of the North together with the Otter Tail River at Wahpeton, ND and Breckenridge, MN ( ⊙ ).
Tributaries
The two largest tributaries to the Bois de Sioux are the Mustinka River , which flows into Lake Traverse, and the Rabbit River , south of Breckenridge; both tributaries have their origin in Minnesota.
swell
Waters, Thomas F. (1977). The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota . Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-0960-8 .