Wild Rice River (North Dakota)

Geobox River
name = Wild Rice River
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image_size = 300
image_caption = The Wild Rice River near Abercrombie in 2007
country = United States
state = North Dakota
region =
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district =
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length_imperial = 240
length_note = approx. [National Assessment Database. Sum of river segments, with section upstream of Wild Rice Creek estimated at ten miles per DeLorme and GNIS source coordinates, and total rounded to 240.]
watershed_imperial = 2233
watershed_note = [Red River of the North, Reconnaissance Report.]
discharge_location = near Abercrombie
discharge_imperial = 104
discharge_max_imperial = 9540
discharge_min_imperial = 0
discharge_note = Robinson, pp. 44-45]
discharge1_location = near Rutland
discharge1_imperial = 8.36
discharge1_note = Robinson, pp. 38-39]
source_name =
source_location = Brampton Township
source_district = Sargent County
source_region =
source_lat_d = 46
source_lat_m = 00
source_lat_s = 56
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 97
source_long_m = 47
source_long_s = 08
source_long_EW = W
source_coordinates_note = Geographic Names Information System.]
source_elevation_imperial = 1283
source_elevation_note = Google Earth.]
mouth_name = Red River of the North
mouth_location = near Frontier
mouth_district = Cass County
mouth_region =
mouth_lat_d = 46
mouth_lat_m = 45
mouth_lat_s = 24
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 96
mouth_long_m = 47
mouth_long_s = 24
mouth_long_EW = W
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mouth_elevation_imperial = 879
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map_size = 300
map_caption = The Red River drainage basin, with the Wild Rice Rivers of North Dakota and Minnesota highlightedThe Wild Rice River is a tributary of the Red River of the North, approximately 240 miles (390 km) long, in southeastern North Dakota in the United States. Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay, draining an area of 2,233 square miles (5,783 km²) in the Red River Valley region. Its tributaries also drain a small part of northeastern South Dakota. Despite its length, it is a fairly small stream, flowing at an average rate of approximately 100 cubic feet per second (3 m³/s).

Course

The Wild Rice River rises as an intermittent stream in Brampton Township in southeastern Sargent County, approximately six miles (10 km) south of Cogswell. It initially flows generally eastwardly in a winding course through Sargent and Richland Counties, through the Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge and past the towns of Cayuga, Mantador and Great Bend. 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 three to seven miles (5-11 km). It flows into the Red River in southeastern Cass County, approximately three miles (5 km) southeast of Frontier and seven miles (11 km) south of Fargo. [North Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer, pp. 52-53, 63-64]

Flow rate

The United States Geological Survey operates a stream gauge on the river 3.2 miles (5.2 km) northwest of Abercrombie. Between 1932 and 2005, the annual mean flow of the river at the gauge was 104 cubic feet per second (3 m³/s). The river's highest flow during the period was 9,540 ft³/s (270 m³/s) 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 8.36 ft³/s (0 m³/s). A reading of 2,700 ft³/s (76 m³/s) was recorded on April 3, 1997.

ee also

*List of rivers in North Dakota

References

Notes

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Books

*cite book| title= North Dakota Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1999 |publisher= DeLorme |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-343-5

Websites

*cite web |url=Gnis3|1035247 |title=Geographic Names Information System entry for Wild Rice River (Feature ID #1035247) |publisher=Geographic Names Information System |accessdate=2007-06-15
*cite web |url= http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters/w305b_report_control.get_report?p_state=ND |title= National Assessment Database: Assessment Data for the State of North Dakota Year 2004. |pages= [http://iaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/w305b_report_V4.huc?p_huc=09020105&p_state=ND Western Wild Rice Watershed] |publisher= United States Environmental Protection Agency |accessdate= 2007-06-15
*cite web |url=http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA140725 |title= Red River of the North, Reconnaissance Report: Wild Rice River |publisher= Defense Technical Information Center, United States Department of Defense |year=1980 |month=December |accessdate= 2007-06-15
*cite web |url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-nd-05-1/pdf/wdrnd051.pdf |title=Water Resources Data North Dakota Water Year 2005, Volume 1 Surface Water. |first= S. M. |last=Robinson |coauthors=R. F. Lundgren, B. A. Sether, S. W. Norbeck, J. M. Lambrecht |publisher=United States Geological Survey |accessdate=2007-06-15

oftware

*Google Earth elevations for Geographic Names Information System coordinates. Retrieved on 2007-06-15.