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Red River floods

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Around 16% of the Red River basin, excluding the Assiniboine basin, is located in Canada; the remainder is within The Dakotas and Minnesota.

List of floods

Notable floods include the:

  • 1826 Red River flood — the largest known in the Red River Valley.
  • 1852 Red River flood
  • 1861 Red River flood
  • 1882 Red River flood
  • 1897 Red River flood
  • 1916 Red River flood
  • 1945 Red River flood
  • 1950 Red River flood — the largest flood in the Red River Valley since 1861. Major flooding took place in Winnipeg and the Red River Valley in April, May, and June.
  • 1966 Red River flood
  • 1969 Red River flood
  • 1970 Red River flood
  • 1974 Red River flood
  • 1978 Red River flood
  • 1979 Red River flood — represented the first major test of the Red River Floodway.
  • 1987 Red River flood
  • 1989 Red River flood
  • 1996 Red River flood
  • 1997 Red River flood — most severe flood in Manitoba's Red River Valley since 1852.
  • 1998 Red River flood
  • 1999 Red River flood
  • 2001 Red River flood
  • 2006 Red River flood
  • 2009 Red River flood — fourth highest flood on the Red River in Manitoba, since 1826.
  • 2010 Red River flood
  • 2011 Red River flood
  • 2013 Red River flood
  • 2015 Red River flood

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