Editing Douglas County, Minnesota (section)

==Geography==
Spruce Creek flows southeast through northeastern Douglas county. The county consists of rolling hills, heavily dotted with lakes and ponds, especially in its north-to-south central portion.<ref name="DCM">{{Cite web |title=Douglas County · Minnesota |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Douglas+County,+MN/@45.9568437,-95.6553887,22230m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x52ca1a51f816fb4d:0xe4bb7e25f45ca82d!8m2!3d45.9279387!4d-95.4218815 |access-date=December 27, 2021 |website=Douglas County · Minnesota |language=en}}</ref> The hilly terrain generally slopes to the south and west; its highest point is near the northeast corner, at {{convert|1,483|ft|m|abbr=on}} ASL.<ref>[https://www.daftlogic.com/sandbox-google-maps-find-altitude.htm "Find an Altitude/Douglas County MN"  Google Maps (accessed March 7, 2019)]</ref> The county has an area of {{convert|720|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|637|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|83|sqmi}} (11%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102023/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_27.txt |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=October 15, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It contains more than 250 lakes.

The county includes two of [[Natural history of Minnesota|Minnesota's biomes]]: [[prairie|prairie grassland]] in the west and southeast, savannas (also prairie ecosystems) in the middle, and [[temperate deciduous forest]] in the south-central, north, and east.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008 |title=Minnesota's Biomes |url=http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/education/forestry/biomes/biomes_posterback_sm.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211223049/http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/education/forestry/biomes/biomes_posterback_sm.pdf |archive-date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=February 27, 2010 |publisher=[[Minnesota Department of Natural Resources]]}}</ref> Douglas is one of 17 Minnesota counties where savanna soils predominate.
[[File:Douglas Co Pie Chart No Text Version.pdf|thumb|right|Soils of Douglas County<ref>Nelson, Steven (2011). ''Savanna Soils of Minnesota.'' Minnesota: Self. pp. 53-56. {{ISBN|978-0-615-50320-2}}.</ref>]]

===Major highways===
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*[[Image:I-94.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|Interstate 94]]
*[[Image:US 52.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 52]]
*[[Image:MN-27.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 27]]
*[[Image:MN-29.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 29]]
*[[Image:MN-55.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 55]]
*[[Image:MN-79.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 79]]
*[[Image:MN-114.svg|20px]] [[Minnesota State Highway 114]]
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===Airports===
* [[Alexandria Municipal Airport]] ("Chandler Field"), city-owned public-use [[airport]]

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Otter Tail County, Minnesota|Otter Tail County]] - north
* [[Todd County, Minnesota|Todd County]] - east
* [[Stearns County, Minnesota|Stearns County]] - southeast
* [[Pope County, Minnesota|Pope County]] - south
* [[Stevens County, Minnesota|Stevens County]] - southwest
* [[Grant County, Minnesota|Grant County]] - west
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===Protected areas===
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* Anderson State Wildlife Management Area
* Balgaard State Wildlife Management Area
* Chermak State Wildlife Management Area
* Herberger Lake State Wildlife Management Area
* Kensington State Wildlife Management Area
* La Grand State Wildlife Management Area
* Lake Carlos State Park
* Osakis State Wildlife Management Area North Unit (part)
* Red Rock Wildlife Management Area
* Roger M. Holmes State Wildlife Management Area
* Schnepf State Wildlife Management Area
* Thornberg State Wildlife Management Area
* Urness State Wildlife Management Area
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