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Grand River, river formed by the confluence of the North and South forks in Perkins county, northern South Dakota, U.S. The Grand River flows southeast and a little south to join the Missouri River near Mobridge after a course of 209 miles (336 km). Shadehill Dam (1950) impounds a reservoir in the Grand’s upper course.

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