how much of South Dakota is west of the longest river in North America?
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West River (South Dakota) West River is the portion of the state of South Dakota located west of the Missouri River with well over one-half of the land area and between one-quarter and one-third of the population of the state.
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Missouri River The Missouri River is the longest river in North America. Rising in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana, the Missouri flows east and south for 2341 mi before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri. The river takes drainage from a sparsely populated, semi-arid watershed of more than half a million square miles (1,300,000 km), which includes parts of ten U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. When combined with the lower Mississippi River, it forms the world's fourth longest river system.
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North Fork Musselshell River The North Fork Musselshell River is a tributary of the Musselshell River, approximately 35 miles (56 km) long, in Montana in the United States.
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Kettle River (St. Croix River) The Kettle is an 83.6 mi tributary of the St. Croix River in eastern Minnesota in the United States. Via the St. Croix River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The river's English name is due to the large number of large rounded holes (kettles) in the sandstone in and around the river, carved out by the swirling waters of the river. The river's Dakota name "Céġa watpa" entered into English via the Anishinaabe people's "Akiko-ziibi", both meaning "Kettle River".
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Canadian River (Platte River) The Canadian River is a tributary of the North Platte River, approximately 55 mi long, located in Jackson County in north central Colorado in the United States. It drains the eastern edge of the North Park basin along the western side of Medicine Bow Mountains.
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Missouri National Recreational River The Missouri National Recreational River is located on the border between Nebraska and South Dakota. The designation was first applied in 1978 to a 59-mile section of the Missouri River between Gavins Point Dam and Ponca State Park. In 1991, an additional 39-mile section between Fort Randall Dam and Niobrara, Nebraska, was added to the designation. These two stretches of the Missouri River are the only parts of the river between Montana and the mouth of the Missouri that remain undammed or unchannelized. The last 20 miles of the Niobrara River and 6 miles of Verdigre Creek were also added in 1991.
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North River (Iowa) The North River is a tributary of the Des Moines River in south-central Iowa in the United States. It is 103 mi long and drains an area of 349.2 sqmi . Via the Des Moines River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
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North Fork Solomon River The North Fork Solomon River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire 287 mi length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Solomon River.
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North Dakota Highway 13 North Dakota Highway 13 (ND 13) is a 202 mi highway that serves southeast North Dakota. For the most part, the highway is a rural two-lane road, but for the final 12 mi east of I-29 it is a four-lane divided road. Its eastern terminus is at the Minnesota state line over the Bois de Sioux River. The western terminus is located at ND 1804 about 13 mi west of Linton and about 50 mi south of Bismarck.
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Bad River (South Dakota) The Bad River (Dakota: "wakpá-šiča"; "lake-bad") is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 161 mi long, in central South Dakota in the United States.
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Turtle River (North Dakota) The Turtle River is a 74.9 mi tributary of the Red River of the North in northeastern North Dakota in the United States. It flows for almost its entire length in Grand Forks County. Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River, the Turtle River is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay.
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Big Piney River The Big Piney River is a 110 mi tributary of the Gasconade River in south central Missouri in the United States. Via the Gasconade and Missouri rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River basin.
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Ocheyedan River The Ocheyedan River is a tributary of the Little Sioux River, 58 mi (93 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa in the United States. Via the Little Sioux and Missouri Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The river has been channelized for much of its length.
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Raccoon River The Raccoon River is a 30.8 mi tributary of the Des Moines River in central Iowa in the United States. As measured using the longest of its three forks, its length increases to 226 mi . Via the Des Moines River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The river runs through an intensely cultivated area of croplands and livestock farming, receiving Tile drainage from slow-draining rich natural bottomlands.
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Henry Fork (West Virginia) The Henry Fork is a tributary of the West Fork Little Kanawha River, 21.8 mi long, in west-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the West Fork and the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 91 sqmi in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
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North Fork Cache la Poudre River The North Fork Cache la Poudre River (locally called the North Fork) is a tributary of the Cache la Poudre River, approximately 59.2 mi long, in north central Colorado in the United States. It drains a mountainous area of north central Larimer County northwest of Fort Collins on the western side of the Laramie Foothills.
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South Saskatchewan River The South Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada that flows through the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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North Fork Payette River The North Fork Payette River is a river in western Idaho in the United States. It stretches over 113 mi from north to south, flowing from the Salmon River Mountains to near Banks, where it joins with the South Fork Payette River to form the Payette River, a tributary of the Snake River. Its watershed comprises more than 900 mi2 of forested mountains and sprawling lakes and wetlands.
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Two Rivers (Red River of the North) The Two Rivers is a 7.0 mi river in Kittson County, northwestern Minnesota, in the United States. Formed by the North Branch of the Two Rivers and the South Branch of the Two Rivers, it is a tributary of the Red River of the North, with its outflow traveling north through Lake Winnipeg and the Nelson River to Hudson Bay.
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Williams River (West Virginia) The Williams River is a tributary of the Gauley River, 33 miles (53 km) long, in east-central West Virginia, USA. Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 132 square miles (342 km²) in a sparsely populated region of the southern Allegheny Mountains and the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
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Lakota, North Dakota Lakota is a city in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Nelson County Lakota is located 63 miles west of Grand Forks and 27 miles east of Devils Lake. The population was 672 at the 2010 census, making Lakota the 84th-largest city in North Dakota.
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North Dakota Highway 46 North Dakota Highway 46 (ND 46) is a 121 mi road in eastern North Dakota, crossing the Red River Valley between Streeter and Oxbow. It parallels and runs about 20 mi south of Interstate 94 (I-94), and is the longest stretch of straight road in North America. I-29 borders it on the east and ND 30 borders it on the west.