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The Powder River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River
Yellowstone River

The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately , in the western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, the river and its tributaries drain a wide area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park across the mountains and Great Plains of southe...
, approximately long in the southeastern Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
 and northeastern 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 ....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It drains an area historically known as the Powder River Country
Powder River Country

The Powder River Country refers to an area of the Great Plains in northeastern Wyoming in the United States. The area is loosely defined between the Bighorn Mountains and the Black Hills, in the upper drainage areas of the Powder River , Tongue River , and Little Bighorn River rivers....
 on the high plains
Great Plains

The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada....
 east of the Bighorn Mountains.

It rises in three forks in eastern Wyoming.






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The Powder River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River
Yellowstone River

The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately , in the western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, the river and its tributaries drain a wide area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park across the mountains and Great Plains of southe...
, approximately long in the southeastern Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
 and northeastern 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 ....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It drains an area historically known as the Powder River Country
Powder River Country

The Powder River Country refers to an area of the Great Plains in northeastern Wyoming in the United States. The area is loosely defined between the Bighorn Mountains and the Black Hills, in the upper drainage areas of the Powder River , Tongue River , and Little Bighorn River rivers....
 on the high plains
Great Plains

The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe which lie west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada....
 east of the Bighorn Mountains.

It rises in three forks in eastern Wyoming. The North and Middle forks rise along the eastern slope of the Bighorn Mountains. The South Fork rises on the north slope of Garfield Peak
Garfield Peak

There are several landforms named Garfield Peak, including:* Garfield Peak in Arizona* Garfield Peak in Colorado* Garfield Peak in Montana...
 in the Granite Mountains
Granite Mountains (Wyoming)

The Granite Mountains are a short subrange of the Rocky Mountains in central Wyoming of the United States. The range runs approximately 100 mi E-W along the south side of the Shoshone Basin, and north of the Sweetwater River , in eastern Fremont County, Wyoming and western Natrona County, Wyoming....
 west of Casper
Casper, Wyoming

Casper is the only city in and the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, Wyoming, United States. With a population of 49,644, Casper is the second largest city in Wyoming, according to the United States Census, 2000....
. The three forks meet on the foothills east of the Bighorns near the town of Kaycee
Kaycee, Wyoming

Kaycee is a town in Johnson County, Wyoming, Wyoming in the United States. The population was 249 at the United States Census, 2000. It is home to a museum that preserves the cattle ranching heritage of the area, especially the history of the Johnson County War....
. The combined stream flows northward, east of the Bighorns, and into Montana. It is joined by the Little Powder near the town of Broadus
Broadus, Montana

Broadus is a town in and the county seat of Powder River County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 451 at the United States Census, 2000....
, and joins the Yellowstone approximately downriver from Miles City, Montana
Miles City, Montana

Miles City is a city in and the county seat of Custer County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 8,487 at the 2000 United States Census....
. The Powder River was so named because the sand along a portion of its banks resembled gunpowder.

The Powder River Basin
Powder River Basin

The Powder River Basin is a region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming about east to west and north to south known for its coal deposits....
 near the Montana/Wyoming border is a major source of low-sulfur coal
Coal

Coal is a readily combustion black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. The harder forms, such as anthracite, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure....
 mined in the United States.

See also

  • List of rivers of Montana
  • Montana Stream Access Law
    Montana Stream Access Law

    The Montana Stream Access Law says that anglers and Canoeing have full use of most of the rivers in Montana for fishing and floating, along with swimming and other river related activities....
  • List of Wyoming rivers
    List of Wyoming rivers

    The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States....