Milk River (Alberta–Montana)
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For other uses, see Milk River (disambiguation).
Milk River[5] is a tributary of the Missouri River, 729 miles (1,173 km) long, in the U.S. state of Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta. Rising in the Rocky Mountains, the river drains a sparsely populated, semi-arid watershed of 23,800 square miles (62,000 km2), ending just east of Fort Peck, Montana.
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Milk River | |
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Etymology | Named by the Lewis and Clark Expedition for its milky color |
Location | |
Countries | United States and Canada |
State | Montana |
Province | Alberta |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of South and Middle Forks |
• location | Glacier County, Montana |
• coordinates | 48°51′20″N 113°01′10″W[1] |
• elevation | 4,403 ft (1,342 m) |
Mouth | Missouri River |
• location | Valley County, Montana |
• coordinates | 48°03′26″N 106°19′07″W[1] |
• elevation | 2,024 ft (617 m) |
Length | 729 mi (1,173 km) |
Basin size | 23,800 sq mi (62,000 km2)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | Nashua, Montana, 22.7 mi (36.5 km) from the mouth[3] |
• average | 618 cu ft/s (17.5 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 45,300 cu ft/s (1,280 m3/s) |
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