The Red River Basin is a region of the United States which is historically important because the U.S. government uses the term to generally describe the sections of northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota which the U.S. secured title to following the Anglo-American Convention of 1818. Centered around the Red River of the North, these lands had previously been under the control of Great Britain. This land became part of the U.S. when the second article of the 1818 treaty declared the 49th parallel to be the official border between the U.S. and Canada. The land acquired from the treaty had an area of 29,601,920 acres (119,794.72 km2), comprising 1.3 percent of total U.S. land area. The title was secured at a total cost of $0. The region was sparsely populated for generations.
Example Usage of River
ianlisk66: @jennburgess95 "in a van down by the River"
letycerda: @anniealcala that went off in math & mr wilson gave you the stink eye, then the boy peed a River all the way to my desk.....
dloehr: @travisbedard Nice. We used Sarah McLachlen's cover of "River" in last year's Xmas show, stunned people. Gorgeous song.
