Red River of the North Rivière Rouge / rivière Rouge du Nord | |
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![]() The Red River in Fargo–Moorhead, as viewed from the Fargo side of the river | |
Location | |
Countries | United States Canada |
States | Minnesota, North Dakota |
Province | Manitoba |
Cities | Fargo, North Dakota, Moorhead, Minnesota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, East Grand Forks, Minnesota, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Selkirk, Manitoba |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail Rivers |
- location | Wahpeton, North Dakota |
- coordinates | 46°15′52″N 96°35′55″W / 46.26444°N 96.59861°W |
- elevation | 948 ft (289 m) |
Mouth | Lake Winnipeg |
- coordinates | 50°23′47″N 96°48′39″W / 50.39639°N 96.81083°W |
- elevation | 712 ft (217 m) |
Length | 550 mi (890 km) |
Basin size | 111,004 sq mi (287,500 km2)[1] |
Discharge | |
- location | Lockport, Manitoba, 20 miles (32 km) above the mouth |
- average | 8,617 cu ft/s (244.0 m3/s) |
- minimum | 491 cu ft/s (13.9 m3/s) |
- maximum | 152,900 cu ft/s (4,330 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Nelson River basin |
Tributaries | |
- left | Bois de Sioux River, Wild Rice River (North Dakota), Sheyenne River, Elm River, Turtle River, Pembina River, Assiniboine River |
- right | Otter Tail River, Buffalo River, Wild Rice River (Minnesota), Red Lake River, Roseau River, Seine River (Manitoba) |
The Red River of the North is in North America. It starts between the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota. It starts where the Bois de Su River and Otter Tail River come together. It goes north through the Red River Valley. It is the border between North Dakota and Minnesota. It goes through Manitoba, Canada. It ends in Lake Winnipeg. From Lake Winnipeg, the water goes to the Nelson River. Then it ends in the Hudson Bay. The Red River flows through the cities Fargo-Moorhead and Grand Forks in the United States.