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It borders the states of Minnesota to the east; South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west, bordering the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The capital is the city of Bismarck. The one located in the northern Great Plains, North Dakota is constituted to the east by plains vallonnées, drained by the Red River and its tributaries, and the west by the Missouri plateau, culminating at 1 069 m of altitude and victim by the embedded valleys Missouri and its affluent.

This tray is characterized to the southwest by a relief of BAD-lands. The eastern plains carry numerous vestiges of quaternary glaciations (Moraines, lake depressions); on its western border potent accumulations relative to moraine are elaborated, oriented from the northwest to the southeast, forming abrupt escarpement of 90 to 180 m level, called the Missouri slope. The dominant vegetable formation is the meadow, now put into culture. The Red River flows into a plain filling an ancient lake corresponding to a glacial lake, Lake Agassiz. The Garrison dam over Missouri gave birth to a vast artificial lake, Lake Sakakawea. The climate is continental, marked by strong annual variations in temperatures.

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North Dakota is a state in the United States and is located in the north of the country on the border with Canada. The capital of the state is Bismarck, but the largest city in North Dakota is Fargo. The nickname Peace Garden State comes from the peace garden of the same name on the border with Canada.

A thousand years of Indians, Lewis and Clark and the oil boom - change over time

It is believed that before the arrival of the Europeans, Indian peoples lived in what is now North Dakota for a few thousand years. After French Canadians visited the area and the Lewis and Clark Expedition explored the area extensively, there were both French and Spanish claims to the territory on the Missouri River.

North Dakota was incorporated as a state into the United States relatively late. It was not until 1889 that the then President Benjamin Harrison signed a law that, in addition to North Dakota, also granted South Dakota, Montana and Washington access to the young confederation.

From the beginning, agriculture and livestock were an important industry in North Dakota. An oil boom began in the 1980s, particularly in the Wilston Basin. The population grew to 700,000 during this time. Today the population is back to 640,000.

Wide plains, endless lakes and rushing rivers - pure nature in the north

North Dakota is a rather flat region. The highest point is in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The White Butte is 1069 meters high. The landscape is shaped more by wide plains, rivers and hills than by mountainous relief.

The Theodore Roosevelt National Park is located on Little Missouri and consists mainly of so-called badlands and prairies. Badlands are landscapes shaped by erosion. Wild rock formations and ghostly hills shape the image of this region.

The Missouri flows in central North Dakota. It forms several lake landscapes including Lake Sakakawea. This lake is formed as a reservoir by the Garrison Dam. It is used for flood protection, fish farming and electricity generation for the sparsely populated region.

In winter, the many hiking trails that criss-cross nature are often open to cross-country skiing. In this way, nature can be explored in detail not only in the pleasantly warm summers but also in winter.