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(Redirected from Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River) River in Montana and Wyoming, United States Not to be confused with the Clark Fork River, located west of the Continental Divide.
Clarks Fork Yellowstone River
Clark Fork Canyon, 1893
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMontana, Wyoming
Physical characteristics
SourceBeartooth Mountains
 • location45°02′33″N 109°53′42″W / 45.04250°N 109.89500°W / 45.04250; -109.89500 (Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone)
MouthLaurel, Montana
 • coordinates45°39′00″N 108°42′55″W / 45.65000°N 108.71528°W / 45.65000; -108.71528
 • elevation3,241 ft (988 m)
Length141 mi (227 km)
Discharge 
 • locationnear Silesia
 • average1,142 cu ft/s (32.3 m/s)
National Wild and Scenic River
TypeWild
DesignatedNovember 28, 1990

The Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River (sometimes called the Clark's Fork River) is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, 150 mi (241 km) long in the U.S. states of Montana and Wyoming.

It rises in southern Montana, in the Gallatin National Forest in the Beartooth Mountains, approximately 4 mi (6 km) northeast of Cooke City and southwest of Granite Peak. It flows southeast into the Shoshone National Forest in northwest Wyoming, east of Yellowstone National Park, then northeast back into Montana. It passes Belfry, Bridger, Fromberg, and Edgar, and joins the Yellowstone approximately 2 mi (3 km) southeast of Laurel.

  • Inner Canyon, 1922 Inner Canyon, 1922

See also

References

  1. "Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "USGS Surface Water data for Montana: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  3. George William Sherk (2000), Dividing the Waters: The Resolution of Interstate Water Conflicts in the United States, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ISBN 978-90-411-9819-8
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