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Lake levels, streamflow, and surface-water quality in the Devils Lake area, North Dakota, through 1997

Gregg J. Wiche
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The Devils Lake Basin is a 3,810-square-mile (mi 2 ) closed basin (fig. 1) in the Red River of the North Basin. The basin is contributing only when the level of Devils Lake is greater than 1,459 feet (ft) above sea level (asl). About 3,320 mi 2 of the total 3,810 mi 2 is tributary to Devils Lake; the remainder is tributary to Stump Lake.

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Gregg J. Wiche. 1996. Lake levels, streamflow, and surface-water quality in the Devils Lake area, North Dakota, through 1997. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs03398

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