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USA PAGE NORTH DAKOTA PAGE
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Land Statistics
Land Area
(land) 68,976 sq miles
(water) 1,710 sq miles
(TOTAL) 70,686 sq miles
Land Area (all states)
here!
Horizontal Width 375 miles
Vertical Length 215 miles
Note: Maximum lengths and widths are point-to-point, straight-line measurements from a Mercator map projection, and will vary some using other map projections Bordering States (3) Montana, Minnesota, South Dakota
Counties (53) map here! County (largest by population) Cass, 123,138
Geographic Center approximately 5 miles southwest of McClusky, in Sheridan County
 Highest Point White Butte, 3,506 ft.
 Lowest Point Along the Red River, 751 ft.
Latitude and Longitude here!
Mean Elevation (average) 1,898 ft.
Relative Location here!
Landforms Landforms The Great Plains of North America slice across North Dakota, covering about 50% of the state.
 In the far-southwest, the Badlands, a long series of unusually-shaped and brightly-colored buttes, domes and rolling hills dominate the landscape. White Butte, the State's highest point, is found there.
In the east along it's border with Minnesota, the Red River Valley stretches north to south. This flat and very fertile strip of land is North Dakota's most productive farmland. The slightly-elevated prairie lands directly west of the Red River Valley are crisscrossed by numerous small lakes, rivers and streams.
North Dakota's most important river is the Missouri; it rises in southern Montana in the Rocky Mountains, first flowing north then generally southeast across the heart of the United States, ending at the Mississippi River, just to the north of St. Louis, Missouri. It is the longest river in the United States (2,500 miles) (4,023 km).
Other rivers of note include the James, Red and Sheyenne. The most significant lake is Sakakawea, one of five major lakes created on the Missouri River by the U.S. government in an effort to eliminate the annual flooding of river lowlands.
For a detailed look at the topography of North Dakota, view this map.
Landforms of America here!
Landforms of North America here!
Rivers of North America here!
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