Milk River (Missouri River)
| Milk River | ||
 Location of the Milk River in the Missouri River system |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 774213 | |
| location | Alberta (Canada), Montana (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| Confluence of |
South Fork and Middle Fork Milk River 48 ° 51 ′ 20 ″ N , 113 ° 1 ′ 10 ″ W |
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| Source height | 1342 m | |
| muzzle | below Fort Peck Lake in the Missouri River Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 22 " N , 106 ° 19 ′ 8" W 48 ° 3 ′ 22 " N , 106 ° 19 ′ 8" W |
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| Mouth height | 617 m | |
| Height difference | 725 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.72 ‰ | |
| length | 1005 km (or 1173 km) | |
| Catchment area | 61,200 km² | |
| Discharge at Juneberg Bridge gauge near Saco A Eo : 40,679 km² |
MQ 1978/2016 Mq 1978/2016 |
11.8 m³ / s 0.3 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | North Fork Milk River , Frenchman River | |
| Right tributaries | Big Sandy Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Fresno Reservoir | |
| Small towns | Havre | |
 Milk River in Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park |
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The Milk River is a 1005 km long tributary of the Missouri River in the US state of Montana and in the Canadian province of Alberta . Its catchment area covers 61,200 km², including 21,600 km² in Canada.
River course
It arises in northwest Montana 34 km northwest of Browning by the confluence of the South Fork (almost 50 km long) and Middle Fork (about 32 km long). Both source rivers arise in the Rocky Mountains in the Lewis Range in the Blackfoot Indian Reservation , immediately east of Glacier National Park .
From there, the water of the Milk River flows east through southern Alberta . After this "short visit" to Canada, it mainly reaches the southeast back to Montana , where it flows through the Fresno reservoir . Continuing in this direction, it joins the Missouri River about 20 km below the Fort Peck Lake dam .
Catchment area
The Milk River is the northernmost major tributary of the Missouri. The only small area in southern Alberta, including the area in southwestern Saskatchewan , which is drained by it and its tributaries, is the only Canadian area that drains into the Gulf of Mexico .
history
The Milk River got its name from Captain Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , who described the river in his journal: “The water of this river is peculiarly white, about the color of a cup of tea with the addition of a spoonful of milk . Because of the color of its water, we called it 'milk river'.
This appearance results from rock flour that is in its water. The extremely fine-grained sediments are the result of glacial wear on the upper reaches of the Milk River .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ South Fork Milk River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b Milk River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b c The Atlas of Canada - Rivers
- ↑ USGS 06164510 Milk River at Juneberg Bridge nr Saco MT
- ↑ Meriwether Lewis: Entry in the diary of the expedition of May 8, 1805