| Agroecoregion: Steep Dryer Moraine | |||
| Agroecoregion Characteristics | Area (ac)* | Percentage | |
| Major Watersheds | Chippewa River | 592,523 | 71.4 |
| Pomme De Terre River | 200,028 | 24.1 | |
| Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River | 37,351 | 4.5 | |
| Counties | Pope | 249,742 | 30.1 |
| Douglas | 187,690 | 22.6 | |
| Ottertail | 159,513 | 19.2 | |
| Kandiyohi | 125,859 | 15.2 | |
| Swift | 62,824 | 7.6 | |
| Grant | 44,275 | 5.3 | |
| Slope Steepness | 0-2 Percent | 24,875 | 3.0 |
| 2-6 Percent | 90,570 | 10.9 | |
| 2-12 Percent | 1,186 | 0.1 | |
| 6-12 Percent | 12,881 | 1.6 | |
| 12-45 Percent | 12,664 | 1.5 | |
| 6-45 Percent | 665,848 | 80.2 | |
| Water | 21,879 | 2.6 | |
| Internal Drainage | Poorly drained | 4,997 | 0.6 |
| Poor/Improved by tiling | 77,946 | 9.4 | |
| Well drained | 725,081 | 87.4 | |
| Water | 21,879 | 2.6 | |
| Erosion Potential | Extreme | 0 | 0 |
| Very Severe | 60,152 | 7 | |
| Severe | 168,719 | 20 | |
| Very High | 475,348 | 57 | |
| High | 38,634 | 5 | |
| Moderate | 65,532 | 8 | |
| Slight | 21,518 | 3 | |
| Proximity to Water | Island Shoreline | 1,124 | 0.1 |
| Lake Shoreline | 189,624 | 22.9 | |
| Permanent River | 22,403 | 2.7 | |
| Intermittent River | 96,864 | 11.7 | |
| Drainage Ditches | 13,662 | 1.7 | |
| Landlocked | 484,347 | 58.4 | |
| Water | 21,879 | 2.6 | |
| Geomorphology | Alexandria Moraine Complex (003) | 802,421 | 96.7 |
| Clayey Olivia Till Plain (64A) | 8,727 | 1.1 | |
| Belgrade-Glenwood Outwash Plain (063) | 8,000 | 1.0 | |
| Osakis Till Plain (055) | 5,787 | 0.7 | |
| Fergus Falls Till Plain (002) | 1,657 | 0.2 | |
| Detroit Lakes Pitted Outwash Plain (004) | 1,467 | 0.2 | |
| Olivia Till Plain (064) | 699 | 0.1 | |
| Benson Lacustrine Plain (050) | 625 | 0.1 | |
| Big Stone Moraine (051) | 519 | 0.1 | |
| Crop Productivity | Low productivity | 286,009 | 34.5 |
| Medium productivity | 460,181 | 55.5 | |
| High productivity | 83,713 | 10.1 | |
| Precipitation | Between 22-24 inches | 31,073 | 3.7 |
| Between 24-26 inches | 504,073 | 60.7 | |
| Between 26-28 inches | 151,120 | 18.2 | |
| Between 28-30 inches | 143,638 | 17.3 | |
| Growing Degree Days | L.T. 1500 Degree Days | 47,967 | 5.8 |
| 1500-1750 Degree Days | 88,305 | 10.6 | |
| 1750-2000 Degree Days | 96,330 | 11.6 | |
| 2000-2250 Degree Days | 93,045 | 11.2 | |
| 2250-2500 Degree Days | 220,000 | 26.5 | |
| 2500-2750 Degree Days | 284,255 | 34.3 | |
| * Expressed as acres or percent for agroecoregions area in the Minnesota River Basin | |||