18. Red River Elevation

Elevation ranges from 800 to 1-thousand feet in the Red River Valley, with the lowest readings occurring in the northeast corner of the state. Wahpeton has an elevation of 965 feet while Pembina - 190 miles to the north - has an elevation of only 789 feet. The Red River, which flows through both communities, has a fall between them of 176 feet or approximately one foot per mile.

North Dakota
A Human and Economic Geography, p 39
Melvin E. Kazeck

1.
 Henry Hudson
12.
 Colonel John J. Abercrombie
2.
 Pierre de la Verendrye
13.
 Anson Northrup
3.
 Chief Pegius
14.
 The Metis
4.
 Charles Chaboillez
15.
 Province of Manitoba
5.
 Alexander Henry
16.
 James Hill
6.
 Lord Douglas
17.
 Steamboats
7.
 Sir George Simpson
18.
 Red River Elevation
8.
 Joe Rolette
19.
 Grand Forks
9.
 Norman W. Kittson
20.
 Moorhead - Glyndon
10.
 Major Samuel Woods
21.
 Hudson's Bay Company
11.
 William Cochran
22.
 Red River as a boundary

 

  


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