. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... STATE OF TopOff Vdph y.—Minnesota occupies nearly the centre of tkecontinent of North America. The surface of the State is anundulating plain with an average elevation of 1,000 feet aboveI the sea, but in the northeast there is a group of low sand hillsknown as the Hauteurs des Terres, or Heights of Land,which rise about 600 feet higher. Its extreme length north andsouth is 380 miles, and its breadth varies from 183 miles inthe middle to 2G2 miles on the southern and 337 near the north-ern line; the total area being
. New dollar atlas of the United States and Dominion of Canada ... STATE OF TopOff Vdph y.—Minnesota occupies nearly the centre of tkecontinent of North America. The surface of the State is anundulating plain with an average elevation of 1,000 feet aboveI the sea, but in the northeast there is a group of low sand hillsknown as the Hauteurs des Terres, or Heights of Land,which rise about 600 feet higher. Its extreme length north andsouth is 380 miles, and its breadth varies from 183 miles inthe middle to 2G2 miles on the southern and 337 near the north-ern line; the total area being 83,305 square miles, or 53,353,600acres. There are over 7,000 small lakes in the State, varying from one to thirty milesin diameter, while several of them have an area of from 100 to 400 square miles. TheMississippi rises in Lake Itasca, and flows for nearly 800 miles through the State,receiving the Minnesota at Fort Snelling, five miles above St. Paul. The Red Riverof the North rises in Elbow Lake, turns southwest and north, and empties into LakeWinnipeg. The St. Louis river, wh
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