Yellowstone River

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Yellowstone River
Yellowstone River with its main tributaries

Yellowstone River with its main tributaries

Data
Water code US :  1035255
location Wyoming , Montana , North Dakota (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Missouri River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
Confluence of North Fork and South Fork Yellowstone Rivers, near Younts Peak , Wyoming
43 ° 59 ′ 18 "  N , 109 ° 55 ′ 45"  W
Source height 2586  m
muzzle in the Missouri River at Buford , North Dakota Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 42 "  N , 103 ° 58 ′ 56"  W 47 ° 58 ′ 42 "  N , 103 ° 58 ′ 56"  W.
Mouth height 567  m
Height difference 2019 m
Bottom slope 1.8 ‰
length 1114 km
Catchment area 181,299 km²
Drain MNQ
MQ
MHQ
 88 m³ / s
390 m³ / s
4502 m³ / s
Left tributaries Gardner River
Right tributaries Lamar River , Boulder River , Clarks Fork , Bighorn River , Tongue River , Powder River , Rosebud Creek , Stillwater River , O'Fallon Creek
Flowing lakes Yellowstone Lake
Medium-sized cities Billings
Small towns Miles City , Glendive
Communities Columbus
The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone with the Lower Falls in the background

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone with the Lower Falls in the background

The yellow stone gave the Yellowstone its name

The yellow stone gave the Yellowstone its name

The Yellowstone River is a right tributary of the Missouri River . It is 1,114 kilometers long and flows through the western United States. The Hidatsa - Indians called the river because of the yellow coloring of the rock on its shores Mi tse a-da-zi , what with the early French trappers Rivière des Roches Jaunes translated and Rene Jessaune in 1798 for the Canadian explorer David Thompson with Yellowstone (English).

The Yellowstone River rises in the northwest of the state of Wyoming , near Younts Peak , at the North American watershed in the Rocky Mountains . It flows north through Yellowstone National Park , flows through Yellowstone Lake , falls down three waterfalls and forms the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone .

Further north in Montana it flows through the Absaroka mountain range and is fed by the water of the mountains at Livingston , where it turns east-northeast and winds through the northern plains to Billings .

East of Billings it is growing from the Bighorn River , at Miles City from the Tongue River and in eastern Montana from the Powder River .

Immediately after the North Dakota border , it finally flows into the Missouri. The Yellowstone is wider than the Missouri at this point.

history

Yellowstone was explored by William Clark in 1806 , returning from the Lewis and Clark expedition . The Yellowstone was already an important route of transportation for the Indians . In the 19th century it also gained importance for the white settlers . In Montana, it has been used extensively for irrigation since the 1860s.

Larger tributaries

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ North Fork Yellowstone River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ a b Yellowstone River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey