Agroecoregion: Stream Banks
Agroecoregion Characteristics Area (ac)* Percentage
Major Watersheds Cottonwood River 58,902 22.8
  Lac Qui Parle River 58,383 22.6
  Redwood River 50,667 19.6
  Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River 41,765 16.2
  Pomme De Terre River 31,959 12.4
  Chippewa River 16,211 6.3
  Upper Minnesota River 52 0.0
       
Counties Redwood 60,083 23.3
  Yellow Medicine 47,878 18.6
  Lyon 43,707 16.9
  Lac Qui Parle 39,856 15.5
  Stevens 23,430 9.1
  Swift 12,493 4.8
  Cottonwood 8,892 3.5
  Grant 8,494 3.3
  Brown 8,183 3.2
  Pope 3,510 1.4
  Lincoln 1,171 0.5
  Chippewa 242 0.1
       
Slope Steepness 0-2 Percent 112,852 43.8
  2-6 Percent 102,735 39.8
  2-12 Percent 19,864 7.7
  6-12 Percent 20,867 8.1
  6-45 Percent 1,173 0.5
  Water 450 0.2
       
Internal Drainage Poorly drained 103,330 40.1
  Poor/Improved by tiling 11,458 4.4
  Well drained 142,702 55.3
  Water 450 0.2
       
Erosion Potential Extreme 0 0
  Very Severe 0 0
  Severe 3,718 1
  Very High 15,337 6
  High 20,914 8
  Moderate 209,605 81
  Slight 8,366 3
       
Proximity to Water Lake Shoreline 4,394 1.7
  Permanent River 59,739 23.2
  Intermittent River 40,199 15.6
  Drainage Ditches 24,090 9.3
  Landlocked 129,067 50.0
  Water 450 0.2
       
Geomorphology Blue Earth Till Plain (066) 209,199 81.1
  Big Stone Moraine (051) 37,033 14.4
  Appleton-Clontarf Outwash Plain (065) 7,986 3.1
  Fergus Falls Till Plain (002) 1,588 0.6
  Alexandria Moraine Complex (003) 1,173 0.5
  Minnesota Valley Outwash (032) 571 0.2
  Benson Lacustrine Plain (050) 212 0.1
  Graceville Till Plain (02E) 178 0.1
       
Crop Productivity Low productivity 31,791 12.3
  Medium productivity 225,669 87.5
  High productivity 479 0.2
       
Precipitation Between 22-24 inches 5,560 2.2
  Between 24-26 inches 181,612 70.4
  Between 26-28 inches 70,768 27.4
       
Growing Degree Days 1750-2000 Degree Days 13,032 5.1
  2000-2250 Degree Days 48,985 19.0
  2250-2500 Degree Days 150,440 58.3
  2500-2750 Degree Days 45,483 17.6
       
* Expressed as acres or percent for agroecoregions area in the Minnesota River Basin


Last Updated on 11/2/97
By Ananda Mallawatantri
Email: ananda@soils.umn.edu