Milk River
The Milk River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 729 miles 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, ending just east of Fort Peck, Montana.
Photo: Wheateater, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Alberta, Canada, and Montana, USA
- Also known as: “Kinuhsisuht”, “Little River”, “Middle River”, “Scolding River”, “Ski’iyo’he”, “Wahkpa Chu’gn”, and “Милк-Ривер”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nashua.
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Milk River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Valley, Montana, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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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
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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”
- Persian: “رود میلک (آلبرتا–مونتانا)”
- Persian: “رود میلک”
- Polish: “Milk River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Milk”
- Russian: “Милк”
- Serbian: “Milk”
- Serbian: “Милк”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Milk”
- Spanish: “Río Milk”
- Turkish: “Milk Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Мілк”
- Venetian: “Milk”
- Vietnamese: “sông Milk”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Milk”
- Welsh: “Afon Milk”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Park Grove and Fort Peck.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Milk River Hills and Deadman Butte.
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