Heart River (North Dakota)
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This article is about the river in North Dakota. For Heart River (disambiguation), see Heart River.
The Heart River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 180 miles (290 km) long, in western North Dakota, United States.[1]
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Heart River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | North Dakota |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Near Saddle Butte |
• location | Belfield, Billings County |
• coordinates | 46°56′13″N 103°13′49″W[1] |
• elevation | 2,740 ft (840 m) |
Mouth | Missouri River |
• location | Mandan, Morton County |
• coordinates | 46°46′03″N 100°50′31″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,624 ft (495 m) |
Length | 180 mi (290 km) |
Basin size | 3,370 sq mi (8,700 km2)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Mandan, about 3 mi (4.8 km) above the mouth[3] |
• average | 269 cu ft/s (7.6 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 30,500 cu ft/s (860 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Green River, Missouri River |
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