Yellowstone River

The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the , approximately 671 miles long, in the . Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains…
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: tributary of the Missouri River in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming in the United States
  • Also known as: Aahkawirahkata”, “E-chee-dick-karsh-ah-shay”, “Encheda-cahchi-ichi”, “Mi tse a-da-zi”, “Mi-tsi-a-da-zi”, “Moehe’yoe”, “Pierre Jaune”, “River a la Biche”, “River aux Roches Jaunes”, “River Rockybone”, “River Yellow Rock”, “Roche Jaune”, “the Yellowstone”, “Waahukaahaanu”, and “Yellowstone

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Buford.

Park
was a United States Army Post at the confluence of the and Yellowstone rivers in Dakota Territory, present day , and the site of Sitting Bull's surrender in 1881.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buford.

Village
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is the nearest community to the .

Yellowstone River

Latitude
47.97835° or 47° 58′ 42″ north
Longitude
-103.98215° or 103° 58′ 56″ west
Elevation
1,860 feet (567 metres)
Open location code
85VRX2H9+84
Geo­Names ID
5693043
Wiki­data ID
Q374772
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Yellowstone River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Yellowstonerivier
  • Arabic: نهر يلوستون
  • Armenian: Ելլուսթոն
  • Asturian: Ríu Yellowstone
  • Azerbaijani: Yellouston çayı
  • Basque: Yellowstone (ibaia)
  • Basque: Yellowstone
  • Belarusian: Елаўстан
  • Belarusian: Рака Елаўстан
  • Bulgarian: Йелоустоун
  • Catalan: Riu Yellowstone
  • Catalan: Yellowstone River
  • Catalan: Yellowstone
  • Cebuano: Yellowstone River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, North Dakota)
  • Cebuano: Yellowstone River
  • Cheyenne: Mo’éheo’hé’e
  • Chinese: 黃石河
  • Chuvash: Йеллоустон
  • Cornish: Dowr Yellowstone
  • Croatian: Yellowstone
  • Czech: Yellowstone
  • Danish: Yellowstone floden
  • Danish: Yellowstone River
  • Danish: Yellowstone-floden
  • Danish: Yellowstonefloden
  • Dutch: Yellowstone (rivier)
  • Dutch: Yellowstone river
  • Dutch: Yellowstone
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر يلوستون
  • Estonian: Yellowstone’i jõgi
  • Finnish: Yellowstone
  • French: Yellowstone River
  • French: Yellowstone
  • Galician: Río Yellowstone
  • German: Yellowstone River
  • German: Yellowstone-Fluss
  • German: Yellowstone-River
  • Hebrew: ילוסטון
  • Hebrew: נהר ילוסטון
  • Interlingua: Yellowstone (fluvio)
  • Interlingua: Yellowstone
  • Irish: Abhainn Yellowstone
  • Italian: Yellowstone
  • Japanese: イエローストーン川
  • Korean: 옐로스톤강
  • Kurdish: Çemê Yellowstonê
  • Lithuanian: Jeloustonas
  • Lithuanian: Jeloustounas
  • Mingrelian: იელოუსტოუნი (წყარმალუ)
  • Mingrelian: იელოუსტოუნი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yellowstone River
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yellowstone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yellowstoneelva
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yellowstoneelven
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Yellowstone-elva
  • Norwegian: Yellowstone River
  • Persian: رود یلواستون
  • Polish: Yellowstone River
  • Polish: Yellowstone
  • Portuguese: rio Yellowstone
  • Portuguese: Rio Yellowstone
  • Romanian: Râul Yellowstone
  • Russian: Йеллоустон
  • Russian: Йеллоустоун
  • Scots: Yellowstone River
  • Serbian: Јелоустоун
  • Serbo-Croatian: Yellowstone
  • Slovenian: reka Yellowstone
  • Slovenian: Yellowstone River
  • Slovenian: Yellowstone
  • South Azerbaijani: یلواستون چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Yellowstone
  • Spanish: Río Yellowstone
  • Swedish: Yellowstone River
  • Swedish: Yellowstonefloden
  • Tamil: மஞ்சப்பாறை ஆறு
  • Turkish: Yellowstone Irmağı
  • Ukrainian: Єллоустон (річка)
  • Ukrainian: Єллоустон
  • Uzbek: Yellouston
  • Venetian: Yellowstone
  • Vietnamese: sông Yellowstone
  • Vietnamese: Sông Yellowstone
  • Welsh: Afon Yellowstone
  • Western Frisian: Yellowstone
  • Western Panjabi: دریاۓ ییلوسٹون

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center and Figley Coulee.

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