| 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 | |||