Yellowstone River
Sign in to savetributary of the Missouri River in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming in the United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States of America
- State
- Wyoming , Montana , North Dakota
- Source
- Confluence of North and South Forks
- Location
- Absaroka Range , Wyoming
- Coordinates
- 43°59′18″N 109°55′45″W / 43.98833°N 109.92917°W / 43.98833; -109.92917
- Mouth
- Missouri River
- Length
- 692 mi (1,114 km)
- Basin size
- 70,000 sq mi (180,000 km )
- Average
- 13,773 cu ft/s (390.0 m /s)
- Minimum
- 3,108 cu ft/s (88.0 m /s)
- Maximum
- 159,000 cu ft/s (4,500 m /s)
- Left
- Gardner River , Shields River
- Right
- Lamar River , Boulder River , Stillwater River , Bighorn River , Tongue River , Powder River
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 671 miles (1,080 km) long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains and high plains of southern Montana and northern Wyoming, and stretching east from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of Yellowstone National Park. It flows northeast to its confluence with the Missouri River on the North Dakota side of the border, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Williston.
Etymology