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Vermillion River
Vermillion River between Parker and Chancellor
The course and watershed of the Vermillion River.
Location
Country	United States
State	South Dakota
Cities	Vermillion, SD, Centerville, SD
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of the East Fork Vermillion River and West Fork Vermillion River
• location	Parker Township in Turner County, near Parker, South Dakota
• coordinates	43°23′39″N 97°04′08″W / 43.394083°N 97.069006°W / 43.394083; -97.069006
Mouth	Missouri River
• location	Fairview Township in Clay County, near Vermillion, South Dakota
• coordinates	42°43′59″N 96°53′25″W / 42.733007°N 96.890335°W / 42.733007; -96.890335
Length	96 mi (154 km)
Basin size	2,180 sq mi (5,600 km)
Discharge
• location	Vermillion
• average	440 cu ft/s (12 m/s)

The Vermillion River is a tributary of the Missouri River, 96 miles (154 km) long, in eastern South Dakota in the United States. The origin of the river name is Waséoyuze, Lakota for "place where vermilion is obtained".

It is formed by the confluence of the East Fork Vermillion River and West Fork Vermillion River. The East Fork, approximately 103 miles (166 km) long, rises in Lake Whitewood in Kingsbury County on the Coteau des Prairies. The West Fork, approximately 108 miles (174 km) long, rises in Miner County. Both forks flow south, roughly parallel, joining east of Parker. The combined river flows south and joins the Missouri east of the James River Highlands and 5 miles (8 km) south of Vermillion. Its tributaries include White Stone Creek and Baptist Creek. The Vermillion River drains about 2,180 square miles (5,600 km) of the southwestern edge of the Coteau des Prairies. Approximately once per 3.5 years, the Vermillion runs dry.

The Vermillion is a north-south river situated between the Big Sioux River and James River.

See also

• List of rivers of South Dakota
• List of tributaries of the Missouri River
• James River
• Big Sioux River
• Siouxland

References

1. "USGS Surface Water data for South Dakota: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 30, 2011
3. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. American guide series. University of South Dakota. p. 6.
4. ^ Hogan, Edward Patrick; Fouberg, Erin Hogan (2001). The Geography of South Dakota (Third ed.). Sioux Falls, SD: The Center for Western Studies – Augustana College. ISBN 0-931170-79-6.

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Lists	Crossings Tributaries Populated places Dams
Geography	Missouri River Valley Great Plains Missouri Coteau Rocky Mountains Big Belt Mountains Wind River Range Bighorn Mountains Great Falls of the Missouri Missouri Breaks Big Bend
Native American tribes	Arikara Blackfeet Hidatsa Lakota Mandan Missouria Sioux
History	Sieur de Bourgmont Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition Manuel Lisa Missouri Fur Company Independence, Missouri Oregon Trail Great Platte River Road Bozeman Trail Red Cloud's War Treaty of Fort Laramie Great Sioux War of 1876
Engineering	Pick–Sloan Plan Flood Control Act of 1944 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Montana Power Company U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Parks and preserves	American Prairie Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Missouri National Recreational River

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