Milk River

Milk River is a tributary of the , 729 miles long, in the U.S. state of and the Canadian province of . Rising in the , the river drains a sparsely populated, semi-arid watershed of 23,800 square miles, ending just east of .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: watercourse in Alberta, Canada, and Montana, USA
  • Also known as: Kinuhsisuht”, “Little River”, “Middle River”, “Scolding River”, “Ski’iyo’he”, and “Wahkpa Chu’gn

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nashua.

Village
is a town in , , United States. The population was 301 at the 2020 census. The town was established as a station on the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway in 1888. is situated 5 miles north of Milk River.

Milk River

Latitude
48.05724° or 48° 3′ 26″ north
Longitude
-106.31864° or 106° 19′ 7″ west
Elevation
2,024 feet (617 metres)
Open location code
85WM3M4J+VG
Geo­Names ID
5666212
Wiki­data ID
Q217739
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Milk River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: نهر ميلك
  • Armenian: Միլք (գետ)
  • Armenian: Միլք
  • Asturian: Ríu Milk
  • Belarusian: Мілк
  • Bulgarian: Милк
  • Catalan: riu Milk
  • Cebuano: Milk River
  • Chinese: 牛奶河
  • Chinese: 米尔克河
  • Chinese: 米爾克河
  • Chuvash: Милк
  • Croatian: Milk
  • Danish: Milk River
  • Dutch: Milk River
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر ميلك
  • Finnish: Milk
  • French: Milk
  • French: rivière Milk
  • German: Milk River
  • Hebrew: נהר מילק
  • Irish: Abhainn Milk
  • Italian: Milk
  • Japanese: ミルク川
  • Kurdish: Çemê Milk
  • Lithuanian: Milkas
  • Mingrelian: მილკი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: მილკი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Milk
  • Norwegian: Milk River
  • Persian: رود میلک (آلبرتا–مونتانا)
  • Persian: رود میلک
  • Polish: Milk River
  • Polish: Milk
  • Portuguese: Rio Milk
  • Russian: Милк-Ривер
  • Russian: Милк
  • Serbian: Milk
  • Serbian: Милк
  • Serbo-Croatian: Milk
  • Spanish: Rio Milk
  • Spanish: Río Milk
  • Turkish: Milk Nehri
  • Ukrainian: Мілк
  • Venetian: Milk
  • Vietnamese: sông Milk
  • Vietnamese: Sông Milk
  • Welsh: Afon Milk

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Milk River Hills and Deadman Butte.

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