Yellow Bank River

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Yellow Bank River
The Yellow Bank River within the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (2007)

The Yellow Bank River within the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (2007)

Data
location South Dakota and Minnesota , United States
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Minnesota River  → Mississippi  → Gulf of Mexico
origin The confluence of the North Fork Yellow Bank River and South Fork Yellow Bank River in
Yellow Bank Township , Lac qui Parle County , Minnesota
45 ° 10 ′ 47 ″  N , 96 ° 21 ′ 29 ″  W
Source height 302  m
muzzle Minnesota River , Agassiz Township , Lac qui Parle County , Minnesota Coordinates: 45 ° 14 ′ 12 "  N , 96 ° 17 ′ 11"  W 45 ° 14 ′ 12 "  N , 96 ° 17 ′ 11"  W
Mouth height 286  m
Height difference 16 m
Bottom slope 1.1 ‰
length 14 km
Catchment area 1191 km²
Drain MQ
 2 m³ / s
The River at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (2007)

The River at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (2007)

The Yellow Bank River is a 14 km long tributary of the Minnesota River in western Minnesota , United States . It is formed by the confluence of two larger bodies of water. Both the North Fork Yellow Bank River and the South Fork Yellow Bank River originate in northeast South Dakota . Over the Minnesota River, the Yellow Bank River is part of the catchment area of the Mississippi River and drains an area of ​​about 1191 km² in an agricultural region.

The river takes its name from the yellowish glacial fault in the steep slopes along its course. The name was translated from the Sioux language as "Spirit Mountain Creek" in William H. Keating's account of Stephen Harriman Long's expedition in the region in 1823 . On a map of Minnesota from 1860, the river was marked as the "Yellow Earth River".

geography

Both the northern and southern arms of the river arise on the Coteau des Prairies in South Dakota, a moraine landscape that separates the catchment area of ​​the Mississippi River from that of the Missouri River . They flow into Minnesota via ground moraines . The North Fork Yellow Bank River originates at a height of 560  m in Round Lake at South Shore in northwest Codington County and flows eastward for about 80 km through central Grant County to northwest Lac qui Parle County in Minnesota . The South Fork Yellow Bank River rises at a height of 564  m in the northwest of Deuel Countysm about 10 km southwest of Strandburg and flows on a general northeast course for about 90 km through the south of Grant County and the west of Lac qui Parle County, where he passed the parish of Nassau . From the confluence of the two forks in Yellow Bank Township , the Yellow Bank River flows northwards through the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge for the remainder of the short run and flows into the Minnesota River after 14 km in Agassiz Township , about 5 km southeast of Odessa . Within the nature reserve, the river flows through a forest landscape formed by American elm , ash , ash maple and silver maple . Fishing is possible here.

Flow rate

The United States Geological Survey operates a gauge in the Agassiz Township south of Odessa , 7.2 km above the mouth of the river. In the long-term annual average between 1940 and 2005, the discharge rate was 2 m³ / s. The highest recorded value on April 9, 1969 was 197 m³ / s, in dry periods of several years the lowest value was recorded with zero.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National Assessment Database: Assessment Data for the State of South Dakota Year 2004 . United States Environmental Protection Agency . S. Upper Minnesota Watershed . Retrieved on June 16, 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / iaspub.epa.gov
  2. ↑ National Assessment Database: Assessment Data for the State of Minnesota in 2004. Year . United States Environmental Protection Agency . S. Upper Minnesota Watershed . Archived from the original on July 7, 2007. Retrieved June 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ North Fork Yellow Bank River ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  4. ^ South Fork Yellow Bank River ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  5. ↑ Yellow Bank River ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved December 30, 2010.
  6. ^ Warren Upham: Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. . Minnesota Historical Society . S. Lac qui Parle County: Yellow Bank Township . Archived from the original on June 20, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
  7. ^ Watersheds of the Minnesota River Basin. . Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. S. Minnesota River Basin: Upper Minnesota River Watershed ( December 3, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ). December 1, 2005. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved June 16, 2007.
  8. ↑ The river is 22.48 miles below County Road 31 in Grant County's South Dakota . The length above is estimated from the South Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer and the coordinates of the Geographic Names Information System , and the total length is rounded off to 80 km.
  9. ↑ The river has a length of 45.07 miles below a point near the mouth of the Caine Creek in Grant County South Dakota . The length above this point is estimated to be ten miles using the South Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer and the coordinates of the Geographic Names Information System , and the total length is rounded off to 90 km.
  10. ^ Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer . DeLorme , Yarmouth, Me. 1994, ISBN 0-89933-222-6 , p. 36.
  11. ^ South Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer . DeLorme , Yarmouth, Me. 2001, ISBN 0-89933-330-3 , pp. 34-35.
  12. ↑ Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. . United States Fish and Wildlife Service . S. Brochure . Retrieved June 16, 2007.
  13. ^ GB Mitton, KG Guttormson, GW Stratton, ES Wakeman: Water Resources Data in Minnesota, Water Year 2005 Annual Report. . United States Geological Survey . S. Yellow Bank River near Odessa, MN (PDF; 145 kB). Retrieved June 16, 2007.