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Yellowstone River
Yellowstone Falls on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park
Map of the Yellowstone River watershed
Location
CountryUnited States of America
StateWyoming, Montana, North Dakota
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of North and South Forks
 • locationAbsaroka Range, Wyoming
 • coordinates43°59′18″N 109°55′45″W / 43.98833°N 109.92917°W / 43.98833; -109.92917[1]
MouthMissouri River
 • location
McKenzie County, near Buford, North Dakota
 • coordinates
47°58′42″N 103°58′56″W / 47.97833°N 103.98222°W / 47.97833; -103.98222[1]
Length692 mi (1,114 km)[1]
Basin size70,000 sq mi (180,000 km2)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationSidney, MT[3]
 • average13,773 cu ft/s (390.0 m3/s)[3]
 • minimum3,108 cu ft/s (88.0 m3/s)
 • maximum159,000 cu ft/s (4,500 m3/s)[4]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftGardner River, Shields River
 • rightLamar River, Boulder River, Stillwater River, Big Horn River, Tongue River, Powder River

The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 692 miles (1,114 km) long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of 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 west of present-day Williston.

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yellowstone River, USGS GNIS
  2. ^ "Flows of Largest U.S. Rivers -- Length, Discharge, and Drainage Area". U.S. Census. Archived from the original on 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  3. ^ a b "Yellowstone River at Sidney, Montana". Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment. River Discharge Database. 1996-10-19. Archived from the original on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  4. ^ "USGS Gage #06329500 on the Yellowstone River near Sydney, MT". National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2010-11-19.

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