Yellowstone River

Also known as Aahkawirahkata, E-chee-dick-karsh-ah-shay, Encheda-cahchi-ichi, Mi tse a-da-zi, Mi-tsi-a-da-zi, Moehe'yoe, Pierre Jaune, River Rockybone

tributary 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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: tourist destination
Country: United States
Located in: Wyoming
Image: Yellowstone River Lower Falls.jpg
Length: 1114

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Commons category: Yellowstone River
mouth of the watercourse: Missouri River
category for the water basin: Q8956939
watershed area: 181299
discharge: 390
lake on watercourse: Yellowstone Lake
basin country: United States
topic's main category: Category:Yellowstone River

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Encyclopedic overview

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yellowstone River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.