Cheyenne River
River in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the river in South Dakota and Wyoming. For the Indian Reservation, see Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. For a North Dakota river with the same pronunciation, see Sheyenne River.
Not to be confused with Cheyenne Creek (Colorado) or Cheyenne Creek (South Dakota).
The Cheyenne River (Lakota: Wakpá Wašté; "Good River"[2]), also written Chyone,[3] referring to the Cheyenne people who once lived there,[4] is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is approximately 295 miles (475 km) long and drains an area of 24,240 square miles (62,800 km2).[5] About 60% of the drainage basin is in South Dakota and almost all of the remainder is in Wyoming.[6]
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Cheyenne River Lakota: Wakpá Wašté; "Good River" | |
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Etymology | Cheyenne Native American Tribe |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Wyoming, South Dakota |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Thunder Basin National Grassland |
• location | Converse County, Wyoming |
• coordinates | 43.425928°N 105.058426°W / 43.425928; -105.058426 |
Mouth | Lake Oahe / Missouri River |
• location | Ziebach County / Haakon County, South Dakota |
• coordinates | 44.723965°N 101.166749°W / 44.723965; -101.166749 |
Length | 295 mi (475 km) |
Basin size | 24,240 sq mi (62,800 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Eagle Butte |
• average | 874 cu ft/s (24.7 m3/s)[1] |
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