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The Cheyenne River is a tributary of the Missouri River
Missouri River

The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, and the longest river in the United States of America. The Missouri begins at the confluence of the Madison River, Jefferson River, and Gallatin River rivers in Montana, and flows through Missouri River Valley south and east into the Mississippi north of St....
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
s of Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
 and South Dakota
South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota people and Sioux Sioux Native Americans in the United States tribes....
. It is approximately 295 mi (475 km) long.

Formed by the confluence of Antelope and Dry Fork creeks, it rises in northeastern Wyoming in the Thunder Basin National Grassland
Thunder Basin National Grassland

The Thunder Basin National Grassland is located in northeastern Wyoming in the Powder River Basin between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills....
 in northeastern Converse County
Converse County, Wyoming

Converse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2000, the population was 12,052. Its county seat is Douglas, Wyoming....
. It flows east into South Dakota, passes Edgemont
Edgemont, South Dakota

Edgemont is a city in Fall River County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. The population was 867 at the United States Census, 2000....
, and skirts the southern end of the Black Hills
Black Hills

The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States....
, passing through Angostura Reservoir.

On the east side of the Black Hills, it flows northeast, past Oral
Oral, South Dakota

Oral is an unincorporated area in Fall River County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the United States Census Bureau, Oral has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57766....
 and the Buffalo Gap National Grassland
Buffalo Gap National Grassland

Buffalo Gap National Grassland is a National Grassland located in southwestern South Dakota, United States. It is also the second largest National Grassland....
, and along the northwestern boundary of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is an Oglala Sioux Native Americans in the United States Indian reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota....
 and Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves of sharply Erosion buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States....
.






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The Cheyenne River is a tributary of the Missouri River
Missouri River

The Missouri River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, and the longest river in the United States of America. The Missouri begins at the confluence of the Madison River, Jefferson River, and Gallatin River rivers in Montana, and flows through Missouri River Valley south and east into the Mississippi north of St....
 in the U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
s of Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
 and South Dakota
South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America. It is named after the Lakota people and Sioux Sioux Native Americans in the United States tribes....
. It is approximately 295 mi (475 km) long.

Formed by the confluence of Antelope and Dry Fork creeks, it rises in northeastern Wyoming in the Thunder Basin National Grassland
Thunder Basin National Grassland

The Thunder Basin National Grassland is located in northeastern Wyoming in the Powder River Basin between the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills....
 in northeastern Converse County
Converse County, Wyoming

Converse County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2000, the population was 12,052. Its county seat is Douglas, Wyoming....
. It flows east into South Dakota, passes Edgemont
Edgemont, South Dakota

Edgemont is a city in Fall River County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. The population was 867 at the United States Census, 2000....
, and skirts the southern end of the Black Hills
Black Hills

The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States....
, passing through Angostura Reservoir.

On the east side of the Black Hills, it flows northeast, past Oral
Oral, South Dakota

Oral is an unincorporated area in Fall River County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the United States Census Bureau, Oral has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57766....
 and the Buffalo Gap National Grassland
Buffalo Gap National Grassland

Buffalo Gap National Grassland is a National Grassland located in southwestern South Dakota, United States. It is also the second largest National Grassland....
, and along the northwestern boundary of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is an Oglala Sioux Native Americans in the United States Indian reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota....
 and Badlands National Park
Badlands National Park

Badlands National Park, in southwest South Dakota, United States preserves of sharply Erosion buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed grass prairie in the United States....
. It is joined by Rapid Creek
Rapid Creek (South Dakota)

Rapid Creek is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 86 mi long, in South Dakota in the United States.It rises in southwestern South Dakota, in the Black Hills National Forest in the Black Hills in Pennington County, South Dakota....
, passes Wasta
Wasta, South Dakota

Wasta is a town in Pennington County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. The population was 75 at the 2000 United States Census....
 and is joined by the Belle Fourche River
Belle Fourche River

The Belle Fourche River is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is part of the Mississippi River drainage basin va the Cheyenne and Missouri River rivers....
 in eastern Meade County
Meade County, South Dakota

Meade County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It was created in 1889 and was named for Fort Meade, which was garrisoned as a United States military post in the area in 1878 and was named for General George Meade....
, after which it flows ENE along the southern boundary of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation

The Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was created in 1889 by the breakup of the Great Sioux Reservation, following the defeat of the Lakota people in a series of wars in the 1870s....
. It is joined by Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek (South Dakota)

Cherry Creek is a tributary of the Cheyenne River, approximately 50 mi , in central South Dakota in the United States.It rises in the prairie country of northern Meade County, South Dakota, and flows southeast and east, across the southwest corner of the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, and past Red Scaffold, South Dakota....
 at the town of Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek, South Dakota

Cherry Creek is an unincorporated area in Ziebach County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Cherry Creek has been assigned the ZIP code of 57622....
. It flows into the Missouri in Lake Oahe, approximately 32 mi (50 km) NNW of Pierre, South Dakota
Pierre, South Dakota

The city of Pierre is the Capital of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County, South Dakota. The population was 13,876 at the United States Census, 2000, making it the second least populous state capital after Montpelier, Vermont, Vermont....
, with the lower 35 mi (56 km) of the river forming an arm of Lake Oahe.

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