White River (South Dakota)

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White River (South Dakota)

The White 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....
, 507 mi (816 km) long, 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 Nebraska

Nebraska

Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
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....
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It rises in northwestern Nebraska, in the Pine Ridge

Pine Ridge (region)

The Pine Ridge is an escarpment between the Niobrara River and the White River in far northwestern Nebraska . The high tableland between the rivers has been eroded into a region of forested buttes, ridges and canyons....
escarpment

Escarpment

In geomorphology, an escarpment is a transition zone between different physiogeographic provinces that involves a sharp, steep elevation differential, characterized by a cliff or steep slope....
north of Harrison

Harrison, Nebraska

Harrison is a village in Sioux County, Nebraska, Nebraska, United States. The population was 279 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Sioux County, Nebraska....
, at an altitude of 4,800 ft (1,463 m).

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The White River is a tributary of the Missouri River

Missouri River

U.S. state

Nebraska

South Dakota

Pine Ridge (region)

Escarpment

Harrison, Nebraska

Fort Robinson

Fort Robinson is a former United States Army fort and a present-day state park. Located in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska, it is west of Crawford, Nebraska on U.S....
and north of Crawford

Crawford, Nebraska

Crawford is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,107 at the 2000 United States Census. It was incorporated in 1886 and was named for the late Captain Emmet Crawford who had previously been stationed at nearby Fort Robinson....
. It crosses into southwestern South Dakota and flows north across 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....
, then northeast, receiving Wounded Knee Creek

Wounded Knee Creek

Wounded Knee Creek is a tributary of the White River , approximately 50 mi long, in southwestern South Dakota in the United States. LakotaIts Lakota language name is Chankwe Opi Wakpala....
and flowing between units of 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....
. At the northern edge of the reservation it flows ENE and SE, forming the northern boundary of the reservation and the southern boundary of 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....
. It receives the Little White River

Little White River

The Little White River is a tributary of the White River , approximately 135 mi long, in south central South Dakota in the United States.It rises on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southeastern Shannon County, South Dakota....
approximately 15 mi (25 km) south of Murdo

Murdo, South Dakota

Murdo is a city in Jones County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. The population was 612 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Jones County, South Dakota....
, and flows E and to join the Missouri in Lake Francis Case approximately 15 mi (25 km) southwest of Chamberlain

Chamberlain, South Dakota

Chamberlain is a city in Brule County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,338 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the county seat of Brule County, South Dakota....
. The lower 10 mi (16 km) of the river form of an arm of the reservoir.

The river drains an area of approximately 10,200 sq mi (26,400 km²). The river bed is noted for deposits of manganese

Manganese

Manganese is a chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. It has the atomic number 25. It is found as a Oxidation state in nature , and in many minerals....
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