Red River of the North Basin
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is focusing its water quality basin management and planning efforts on the Red River Basin.
State of the Red River Annual Report, 2006About the Red River Basin
The Red River of the North Basin stretches from northeastern South Dakota and west-central Minnesota northward through eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota into southern Manitoba. It ends where the Red River empties into the southern end of Lake Winnipeg.
The Minnesota portion of the Red River Basin covers about 37,100 square miles in northwestern Minnesota in all or part of 21 counties. It is home to about 17,842 miles of streams and 668,098 acres of lakes.
The terrain of the Basin in Minnesota is very diverse; from the flat, intensively farmed plain just east of the length of the Red River, to the rolling uplands full of trees and lakes in the east-central portion of the basin, to the extensive wetlands in the northeast.
Publications
Red River Basin Update Newsletter (wq-b12-01)
- Meeting notes - Presentation (wq-b12-02)
