Alex Larrabee
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Mississippi River
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The region or area drained by a river, stream,
etc.; drainage area. – dictionary.com
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Till over ice-contact deposits: Consist of poorly
sorted sand and gravel; layers of silty sand to
cobble gravel; little to no shale; deposited be
meltwater flowing on, under, or adjacent to the
ice.
Ice-walled lake deposits: Lacustrine sediment
consisting of predominantly very fine- to mediumgrained sand. Interpreted to have been deposited
in a lake within stagnant ice. As the ice melted,
the lake sediment remained as a high plateau on
the landscape.
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Till/sand complex: Mixture of sediments
including till, ice-contact sand and gravel,
and minor lacustrine deposits
Glacial lake deposits: Lacustrine
sediment consisting of very fine- to
medium-grained sand; no gravel. In
places the fine-grained sand has been
sculpted by wind to form dunes.
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Till- Unsorted sediment consisting of pebbles
(abundant, cobbles (common), and boulders
(rare) in a loamy matrix; pockets of silt,
sand,and gravel in places.
Alluvium – terrace deposits: Fluvial sediments
laid down during early, high stages of the
Mississippi River and preserved as terraces
above the modern floodplain. Predominantly
medium – to coarse-grained sand with up to
40 percent gravel.
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Alluvium – terrace deposits: Fluvial sediments laid
down during early, high stages of the Mississippi
River and preserved as terraces above the modern
floodplain. Predominantly medium – to coarsegrained sand with up to 40 percent gravel.
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Alluvium – floodplain deposits: River-channel, overbank,
and slackwater sediments consisting predominantly
medium- to coarse-grained sand; interbedded with sandy
loam to silt loam; layers of sand and gravel. Organic
debris may be disseminated in the sediments and/or
form discrete peat beds.
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Dfa
Humid Continental
Humid with severe winter, no dry
season, hot summer
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Dfb
Humid Continental
Humid with severe winter, no dry
season, hot summer
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Avg.
High
22⁰
28⁰
40⁰
57⁰
71⁰
78⁰
84⁰
81⁰
72⁰
60⁰
42⁰
27⁰
Avg.
Low
1⁰
7⁰
20⁰
34⁰
45⁰
55⁰
58⁰
57⁰
48⁰
37⁰
24⁰
8⁰
Mean
12⁰
18⁰
31⁰
46⁰
58⁰
67⁰
72⁰
68⁰
60⁰
48⁰
34⁰
18⁰
Avg.
0.8in 0.7in 1.6in 2.6in
Precip.
3.7in 4.4in 4.1in 3.8in 3.3in 2.4in 1.6in 1.0in
Degrees in Fahrenheit
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Current
Conditions
SE Elk River, Elk River,
Minnesota (PWS)
Updated: 1 min 29 sec
ago
59.7 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Humidity:
38%
Dew Point:
34 °F
Wind:
5.8 mph from the West
Wind Gust:
8.7 mph
Pressure:
31.01 in (Rising)
Visibility:
10.0 miles
UV:
4 out of 16
Mostly Cloudy 6000 ft
(Above Ground Level)
954 ft
Clouds:
Elevation:
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Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province (222)
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Minnesota and Northeast Iowa Morainal Section (222M)
Anoka Sand Plain Subsection (222Mc)
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Landform: Consists of a sandy lake plain. Also found are small sand dunes, kettle lakes and
tunnel valleys. Some ground and end moraine . Sandy terraces formed y the Mississippi
River.
Bedrock Geology: Cambrian and Ordovician dolomite, sandstone, and shale. Can be
found exposed in St. Cloud.
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Shale
Sandstone
Dolomite
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A kettle lake
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Sedimentary Rock
-Limestone
-Shale
- Sandstone
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