Laurentian Divide
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The Laurentian Divide also called the Northern Divide and locally the height of land, is a continental divide in central North America that separates the Hudson Bay watershed to the north from the Gul
Laurentian Divide along Highway 38 in Minnesota
Marker sign for the Divide along Highway 101 in Ontario
Laurentian Divide along Highway 40 in Burke County, North Dakota
Traverse Gap
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The Traverse Gap is an ancient river channel occupied by Lake Traverse, Big Stone Lake, and the valley connecting them at Browns Valley, Minnesota. It is on the border of the U.S. states of Minnesota
Laurentian Divide
…of North Dakota. It then continues to the extreme northeast corner of South Dakota before crossing the middle of Minnesota's western border at the Traverse Gap. The divide then runs north and east through northern Minnesota, through Superior National Forest in the eastern tip, into Ontario. There it passes to…
Traverse Gap looking south from ice-covered Lake Traverse (bottom of frame) to Big Stone Lake (top). Interbasin flooding is shown: The Little Minnesota River in the Mississippi watershed is entering from the west (meanders at center right margin) and is flooding the Traverse Gap (gray water, surrounding the town of Browns Valley in the center). At lower right, floodwaters from the Little Minnesota are crossing the continental divide and flowing under