Lake Traverse

Lake Traverse is the southernmost body of water in the Hudson Bay watershed of North America. It lies along the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and South Dakota. A low continental divide separates the land at the southern shore of Lake Traverse from the Little Minnesota River, which is part of the Mississippi River system and flows within a mile of the lake near the town of Browns Valley, Minnesota.

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Body of water - Hudson Bay - Watershed - North America - Border - U.S. - Minnesota - South Dakota - Continental divide - Little Minnesota River - Mississippi River - Browns Valley, Minnesota

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The lake is drained at its north end by the northward-flowing Bois de Sioux River, a tributary of the Red River of the North. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam at the outflow regulates the lake's level.

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Bois de Sioux River - Tributary - Red River of the North - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Dam

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Prehistorically, the south end of Lake Traverse was a southern outflow of glacial Lake Agassiz into the present-day Minnesota River.

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Prehistorically - Lake Agassiz - Minnesota River

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