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The Williston Basin is a large intracratonic sedimentary basin in eastern Montana, western North Dakota, South Dakota, and southern Saskatchewan, that is known for its rich deposits of petroleum and potash.

The basin is a geologic structural basin but not a topographic depression; it is transected by the Missouri River.

The oval-shaped depression extends approximately north-south and east-west.

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States.

It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who compose a significant portion of the population and historically dominated the entire territory.

South Dakota is the 17th most expansive, but the 5th least populous and the 5th least densely populated of the 50 United States.

Once the southern portion of the Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889, simultaneously with North Dakota.

Pierre is the state capital and Sioux Falls, with a population of about 171,000, is South Dakota's largest city.

North Dakota (locally) is the 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union on November 2, 1889.

Montana is a state in the Western region of the United States.

The state's name is derived from the Spanish word (mountain).

Montana has several nicknames, although none official, including "Big Sky Country" and "The Treasure State", and slogans that include "Land of the Shining Mountains" and more recently "The Last Best Place".

Montana has a border with three Canadian provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, the only state to do so.

It also borders North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and Idaho to the west and southwest.

Montana is ranked 4th in size, but 44th in population and 48th in population density of the 50 United States.

The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges.

Smaller island ranges are found throughout the state.

In total, 77 named ranges are part of the Rocky Mountains.

The eastern half of Montana is characterized by western prairie terrain and badlands.

Minnesota (locally) is a state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.

Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory.

The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan "Land of 10,000 Lakes".

Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).