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Malheur River
Malheur River flowing through Harney County
Malheur River is located in Oregon
Malheur River
Location of the mouth of the Malheur River in Oregon
EtymologyFrom the French malheur (bad fortune), applied by French Canadian hunters whose cache of furs near the river were stolen[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyMalheur, Harney, Grant
Physical characteristics
SourceBlue Mountains
 • locationGrant County, Oregon
 • coordinates44°8′5″N 118°37′14″W / 44.13472°N 118.62056°W / 44.13472; -118.62056[1]
MouthSnake River
 • location
Malheur County, Oregon
 • coordinates
44°3′33″N 116°58′31″W / 44.05917°N 116.97528°W / 44.05917; -116.97528[1]
 • elevation
2,133 ft (650 m)[1]
Length190 mi (310 km)
Basin size4,700 sq mi (12,000 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Vale, Oregon
 • average203 cu ft/s (5.7 m3/s)
 • minimum0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
 • maximum20,800 cu ft/s (590 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftNorth Fork Malheur River,
Bully Creek, Willow Creek
 • rightSouth Fork Malheur River
National Wild and Scenic River
TypeWild, Scenic
DesignatedOctober 28, 1988

The Malheur River (local pronunciation: "MAL-hyure") is a 190-mile-long (306 km)[4] tributary of the Snake River in eastern Oregon in the United States. It drains a high desert area, between the Harney Basin and the Blue Mountains and the Snake.

In the past Malheur Lake (located in the enclosed Harney Basin to the southwest) outflowed into the river.

  1. ^ a b c "Malheur River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names, 7th ed. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 606–07. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. ^ Watershed Professionals Network, L.L.C. (2004). "Malheur River Subbasin Assessment and Management Plan for Fish and Wildlife Mitigation" (PDF). Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2011.

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