| Agroecoregion : Stream Banks | |||
| Agroecoregion Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Major Watersheds | Lac Qui Parle River | 58,383 | 29.7 |
| Redwood River | 47,903 | 24.3 | |
| Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River | 41,765 | 21.2 | |
| Pomme De Terre River | 31,959 | 16.2 | |
| Chippewa River | 16,211 | 8.2 | |
| Cottonwood River | 603 | 0.3 | |
| Upper Minnesota River | 52 | 0.0 | |
| Counties | Yellow Medicine | 47,878 | 24.3 |
| Lac Qui Parle | 39,856 | 20.2 | |
| Lyon | 33,545 | 17.0 | |
| Redwood | 26,256 | 13.3 | |
| Stevens | 23,430 | 11.9 | |
| Swift | 12,493 | 6.4 | |
| Grant | 8,494 | 4.3 | |
| Pope | 3,510 | 1.8 | |
| Lincoln | 1,171 | 0.6 | |
| Chippewa | 242 | 0.1 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 91,975 | 46.7 |
| 2-6 Percent | 67,184 | 34.1 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 19,303 | 9.8 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 16,791 | 8.5 | |
| 6-45 Percent | 1,173 | 0.6 | |
| Water | 450 | 0.2 | |
| Internal Drainage | Well drained | 101,944 | 51.8 |
| Poorly drained | 84,674 | 43.0 | |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 9,808 | 5.0 | |
| Water | 450 | 0.2 | |
| Proximity | Landlocked | 98,674 | 50.1 |
| Permanent River | 45,347 | 23.0 | |
| Intermittent River | 30,756 | 15.6 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 18,389 | 9.3 | |
| Lake Shoreline | 3,260 | 1.7 | |
| Water | 450 | 0.2 | |
| Geomorphology | 066 - Blue Earth Till Plain, Undulating, Loamy | 148,706 | 75.5 |
| 051 - Big Stone Moraine, Loamy | 37,033 | 18.8 | |
| 065 - Appleton-Clontarf Outwash Plain, Undulating | 7,986 | 4.1 | |
| 002 - Fergus Falls (Young Gray Drift) Till Plain | 1,588 | 0.8 | |
| 003 - Alexandria Moraine Complex | 1,173 | 0.6 | |
| 050 - Benson Lacustrine Plain, Silty | 212 | 0.1 | |
| 02E - Graceville Till Plain, Clayey | 178 | 0.1 | |
| Precipitation | Between 22-24 inches | 5,560 | 2.8 |
| Between 24-26 inches | 159,678 | 81.1 | |
| Between 26-28 inches | 31,638 | 16.1 | |
| Growing Degree Days | 1750-2000 Degree Days | 3,105 | 1.6 |
| 2000-2250 Degree Days | 40,271 | 20.5 | |
| 2250-2500 Degree Days | 115,895 | 58.9 | |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 37,606 | 19.1 | |
| Water Erosion | Extreme | 2,749 | 1.4 |
| Severe | 13,706 | 7.0 | |
| High | 66,465 | 33.8 | |
| Moderate | 113,956 | 57.9 | |
| Wind Erosion Group | Very Severe | 18,041 | 9.2 |
| Severe | 154,862 | 78.7 | |
| Moderate | 23,974 | 12.2 | |
| 393,753 | 200.0 | ||
| * Expressed as acres or percent for the agroecoregion area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||