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Provo River
Upper Provo River
Provo River is located in Utah
Provo River
Location of the mouth of the Provo River in Utah
Location
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
CountyUtah, Wasatch, and Summit
Physical characteristics
SourceUinta Mountains
 • locationnear Mount Watson, Summit County, Utah
 • coordinates40°41′39″N 110°57′38″W / 40.69417°N 110.96056°W / 40.69417; -110.96056[1]
 • elevation10,448 ft (3,185 m)[2]
MouthUtah Lake
 • location
Provo, Utah County, Utah
 • coordinates
40°14′12″N 111°44′20″W / 40.23667°N 111.73889°W / 40.23667; -111.73889[1]
 • elevation
4,485 ft (1,367 m)[1]
Length80 miles
Basin size673 sq mi (1,740 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Provo, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) from the mouth[3]
 • average200 cu ft/s (5.7 m3/s)[3]
 • minimum0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
 • maximum2,520 cu ft/s (71 m3/s)

The Provo River (Ute: Timpanoquint, “Rock River)[4] is located in Utah County and Wasatch County, Utah, in the United States. It rises in the Uinta Mountains at Wall Lake and flows about 71 miles (114 km) southwest to Utah Lake at the city of Provo, Utah.

Looking downstream on the lower Provo River in the fall.
  1. ^ a b c "Provo River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. December 31, 1979. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
  2. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ a b c "Water-data report 2007: 10163000 Provo River at Provo, UT" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
  4. ^ "Explore Native names for familiar Utah places - @theU". attheu.utah.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-19.

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