South Dakota

Yes, the primary body of water in South Dakota is the Missouri River. There are four lakes formed by dams on the Missouri River: Lewis and Clark Lake, Lake Francis Case, Lake Sharpe, and Lake Oahe.

Major rivers are the James River, Vermillion River, and Big Sioux River because most drainage leaves the state of South Dakota through these rivers plus the Missouri. Other prominent rivers in South Dakota include the Cheyenne River and the Grand River.

Lake Thompson is the most substantial natural lake in South Dakota. Other major lakes in South Dakota include Traverse Lake, Big Stone Lake, and Waubay Lake.

This depends on the time of year and the part of the state of South Dakota you are in.

Normal Annual Average Temperature for South Dakota [1971-2000] is between 41 and 48 degrees Fahrenheit.

Normal Annual High Temperature for South Dakota [1971-2000] is between 77 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

Normal Annual Low Temperature for South Dakota [1971-2000] is between 0 and 13 degrees Fahrenheit.

The highest recorded temperature is 120 °F (49 °C) at Usta on July 15, 2006 and the lowest recorded temperature is −58 °F (−50 °C) at McIntosh on February 17, 1936.

Interstate 90 forms the east-west corridor and Interstate 29 handles north-south across eastern South Dakota. Interstate 190 is a spur into Rapid City and Interstate 229 is a Sioux Falls Loop. The Capital in Pierre is not connected to the Interstate Highway system and driving into bordering Montana is on an unpaved road.

North Dakota's state fruit is the chokecherry or Prunus Virginiana.

Not a whole lot do but on occasions you can see one.

Only North Dakota shares a border with Canada.

Michigan. The most norther part of the Upper Peninsula is more north than South Dakota.

No one knows, when President Benjamin Harrison signed the bills admitting these states into the Union, he never said which he signed first, but we do know that he signed them on November 2, 1889.

According to Google Maps, it is 16 hours and 20 minutes driving time from Rapid City, South Dakota to Dallas, Texas. It is a total of 1,060 miles (1,706 km).

Due north.

The largest cities in North Dakota, by population (2010 US Census), are:

Fargo: 105,549

Bismarck: 61,272

Grand Forks: 52,838

Minot: 40,888

West Fargo: 25,830

North Dakota and South Dakota were originally one territory called "Dakota Territory" for the Dakota Sioux tribe which lived in the region. Dakota is the Sioux word for "friends" or "allies."

When it came time for statehood for the Dakota Territory, there were several different proposals for splitting the Dakota Territory into states, based mainly on the fact that the population centers were so far apart.

In 1889, the US Congress approved the boundary between North Dakota and South Dakota allowing the two sections to become states on November 2, 1889.

Eastern South Dakota

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Central South Dakota

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Western South Dakota

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South Dakota has total area of 77,115 square miles which includes 75,811 square miles of land. South Dakota is the 17th largest U.S. state based on total area and the 16th largest U.S. state based on land area.

The Badlands' name came from Sioux Indians who called it 'mako sica', meaning 'lands bad'.

It is more commonly said that the Native Americans couldn't harvest it or plant anything at all.

The Big Muddy Badlands of Saskatchewan, Canada were notorious for outlaws' hideouts. Italy and Spain also have "badlands" areas.

South Dakota borders Nebraska on the north.

At least ten states have a Lodi in them. See the link for the states.

Aberdeen, South Dakota plotted as a town site on January 3, 1881, by Charles Prior, for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad (Milwaukee Road). Aberdeen was officially founded on July 6, 1881 when the first Milwaukee Road train arrived.

North Dakota is the 39th state; South Dakota is the 40th. The true, technical, answer is unknown because no one really knows which state President Harrison signed the papers for first, but North Dakota is usually considered the 39th state due to the fact that it precedes South Dakota in alphabetical order.

It is the largest city in South Dakota, the junction of South Dakota's two Interstate Hiighways and a former giiant in the meat packing industry.

Crops grown in South Dakota include corn, wheat (durum, hard red winter, hard red spring), soybeans, sunflowers, oats, flax seed, alfalfa, hay, and sorghum.

South Dakota's major crops are corn, hay, soybeans and wheat.

First class mail is delivered in 3 to 5 days

First Class Mail is delivered in three to five days.

There are two types of deer that live in South Dakota, the Mule Deer and the Whitetail Deer.

There are two types of deer that might be bred as exotic animals in South Dakota that start with a b.

The Blacktail Deer is a sub-species of the Mule Deer. The Blacktail Deer is found in the Pacific Northwest.

The Barasingha deer, also called the Swamp Deer, is found in India.