Knife River
The Knife River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi long, in North Dakota in the United States. Knife is an English translation of the Native American name.
- Stream
- …lies at an elevation of 1,670 feet (509 metres)
- Description: river in North Dakota, United States of America
- Also known as“Big Knife River”“Hovat’ovoni’ohe”“Neesic Sahanu”“Neesihushaanu”“Neesirahushaanu”“Neesirasahaanu”“Neesits Husahaanu”“Neesits Hushaanu”“Neesitusahaanu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanton.
Stanton
Town
Photo: Psotoid, Public domain.Knife River
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Latitude
47.32167° or 47° 19′ 18″ north
Longitude
-101.37099° or 101° 22′ 16″ west
Open location code
85VW8JCH+MJ
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Knife River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Knife”
- Catalan: “Knife”
- Cebuano: “Knife River”
- Chuvash: “Найф”
- Danish: “Knife River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر السكين”
- French: “rivière Knife”
- French: “Rivière Knife”
- Irish: “Abhainn Knife”
- Japanese: “ナイフ川”
- Kurdish: “Çemê Knife”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Knife”
- Norwegian: “Knife River”
- Russian: “Найф”
- Swedish: “Knife River”
- Venetian: “Knife”
- Vietnamese: “sông Knife”
- Welsh: “Afon Knife”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Clark Trading Post State Historic Site and Hazen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stanton Cemetery and Basto Cemetery.
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