Heart River (North Dakota)

Heart River
The Heart River near Mandan, North Dakota in 1949.
Country United States
State North Dakota
Tributaries
 - left Green River, Big Muddy Creek
Source Near Saddle Butte
 - location Belfield, Billings County
 - elevation 2,740 ft (835 m)
 - coordinates 46°56′13″N 103°13′49″W / 46.93694°N 103.23028°W [1]
Mouth Missouri River
 - location Bismarck, Morton County
 - elevation 1,624 ft (495 m)
 - coordinates 46°46′03″N 100°50′31″W / 46.76750°N 100.84194°WCoordinates: 46°46′03″N 100°50′31″W / 46.76750°N 100.84194°W [1]
Length 180 mi (290 km)
Basin 3,370 sq mi (8,728 km2) [2]
Discharge for Mandan, about 3 mi (4.8 km) above the mouth
 - average 269 cu ft/s (8 m3/s) [3]
 - max 30,500 cu ft/s (864 m3/s)
 - min 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
A map of the Missouri River watershed, highlighting the Heart River.

The Heart River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 180 mi (290 km) long, in western North Dakota in the United States.

Course

The Heart River rises in the prairie country of Billings County, in the Little Missouri National Grassland near the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. It flows generally eastwardly through Stark County to Gladstone, past Belfield and South Heart, through the Patterson Reservoir and past Dickinson.

It is joined by the Green River at Gladstone, and turns east-southeastward into Grant County, passing through Lake Tschida, which is formed by the Heart Butte Dam. Below this dam, the river turns northeastward into Morton County, where it joins the Missouri at Mandan.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Heart River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-02-13. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  3. ↑ "USGS Gage #06349000 on the Heart River near Mandan, ND". National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1924–2011. Retrieved 2013-01-31.

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