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Souris River. The Souris River (/ ˈsʊərɪs /; French: rivière Souris) or Mouse River (as it is alternatively known in the U.S., a translation of its French name) is a river in central North America. Approximately 435 miles (700 km) in length, it drains about 23,600 square miles (61,100 km 2) in Canada and the United States.
The Red River drainage basin, with the Souris River highlighted. Flooding in Minot on June 23. The 2011 Souris/Mouse River flood in Canada and the United States occurred in June and was greater than a hundred-year flooding event for the river. [1][2] The US Army Corps of Engineers estimated the flood to have a recurrence interval of two to five ...
2011 Assiniboine River flood. The 2011 Assiniboine River flood was caused by above average precipitation in Western Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This was a 1 in 300 year flood that affected much of Western Manitoba. The flooding in Manitoba was expected to mostly involve the 2011 Red River Flood but instead the more severe flooding was found on ...
On July 12, the second crest reached Brandon and peak flows were measured at 38,870 cfs, which was higher than 2011 levels. [12] Record flows were experienced upstream of the confluence of the Souris and Assiniboine Rivers but not downstream of this point, as the Souris River was not experiencing significant enough flows.
The Souris River is the primary tributary contributing flow to the Assiniboine in this reach. Near Portage la Prairie the river emerges from the delta reach onto the relatively flat Red River plain (the floor of former Glacial Lake Agassiz) and at this point it can flow in any direction from roughly northwest to roughly southeast.
Lake Darling Dam. on June 27 during 2011 Souris River flood. Lake Darling Dam is an earthen embankment dam on the Souris River in the west north central United States, located twenty miles (30 km) northwest of Minot in Ward County, North Dakota. The dam began impounding water in April 1936 and was completed July of that year; it was created for ...
Pipestone Creek[ 3] is a river [ 4] in the Souris River watershed. [ 5] Its flow begins in southeastern Saskatchewan, just south of the town of Grenfell and travels in a southeastern direction into Manitoba in the Westman Region where it empties into Oak Lake through the Oak Lake Marsh. The Pipestone Creek is in a region called the Prairie ...
Graham Creek (Manitoba) / 49.50000°N 101.3921°W / 49.50000; -101.3921. Graham Creek, [ 3] a tributary of the Souris River, [ 4] is a stream that flows from Saskatchewan near Maryfield into Manitoba where it meets the Souris River on the west side of Melita, Manitoba. The Souris River, in turn, drains into the Assiniboine River, which ...