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Yellowstone River

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…

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Basin size
70,000 sq mi (180,000 km2)
Country
United States of America
Length
692 mi (1,114 km)
Mouth
Missouri River
State
Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota
• average
13,773 cu ft/s (390.0 m3/s)

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Fishing

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Yellowstone River

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related to Further reading · 57
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related to Geography · 43
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related to history · 29
Yellowstone River → Big Horn, Black Hills, Bozeman Trail, Bridger Trail, But, Cheyenne, Cree, Crow, European-American, Fort Laramie, Gold, In, Lakota, Lakota Sioux, Montana, Native American, Native Americans, New, Powder, Powder River Country
related to Fishing · 17
Yellowstone River → Big Timber, Boulder River, From Billings, Gardiner, Livingston, Mississippi River, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Paradise Valley, Rosebud, Scaphirhynchus, The, The Yellowstone, The Yellowstone River, Yellowstone, Yellowstone Park
related to Watershed · 17
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related to External links · 14
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related to Water right claims · 14
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related to Dams · 7
Yellowstone River → Additionally, Big Horn, Boysen, Buffalo Bill, Lake De Smet, There, Tongue River
• location · 3
Yellowstone River → Absaroka Range, Wyoming, McKenzie County, near Buford, North Dakota, Sidney, MT
• coordinates · 2
Yellowstone River → .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…, 47°58′42″N 103°58′56″W / 47.97833°N 103.98222°W / 47.97833; -103.98222

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Yellowstone RiverBasin size70,000 sq mi (180,000 km2)1.00infobox
Yellowstone RiverCountryUnited States of America1.00infobox
Yellowstone RiverLength692 mi (1,114 km)1.00infobox
Yellowstone RiverMouthMissouri River1.00infobox
Yellowstone RiverSourceConfluence of North and South Forks1.00infobox
Yellowstone RiverStateWyoming, Montana, North Dakota1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• average13,773 cu ft/s (390.0 m3/s)1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• coordinates47°58′42″N 103°58′56″W / 47.97833°N 103.98222°W / 47.97833; -103.982221.00infobox
Yellowstone River• leftGardner River, Shields River1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• locationAbsaroka Range, Wyoming1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• locationMcKenzie County, near Buford, North Dakota1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• locationSidney, MT1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• maximum159,000 cu ft/s (4,500 m3/s)1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• minimum3,108 cu ft/s (88.0 m3/s)1.00infobox
Yellowstone River• rightLamar River, Boulder River, Stillwater River, Bighorn River, Tongue River, Powder River1.00infobox
Yellowstone Riveris atributary of the Missouri River0.90text

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