Heart River (Wyoming)

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Heart River
Heart Lake Yellowstone.jpg
Heart Lake
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates44°15′02″N 110°27′00″W / 44.25056°N 110.45000°W / 44.25056; -110.45000 (Heart River Source)[1]
Mouth 
 • coordinates
44°12′48″N 110°29′09″W / 44.21333°N 110.48583°W / 44.21333; -110.48583 (Heart River Mouth)Coordinates: 44°12′48″N 110°29′09″W / 44.21333°N 110.48583°W / 44.21333; -110.48583 (Heart River Mouth)[2]
 • elevation
7,274 ft (2,217 m)
Length4.8 mi (7.7 km)
Basin size30 sq mi (78 km2)
Discharge 
 • average303 cuft/s
Basin features
ProgressionNorth-south

The Heart River is a 4.8-mile-long (7.7 km)[3] river in the U.S. state of Wyoming, tributary to the Snake River. Its entire course is contained inside Yellowstone National Park. The river rises on the Continental Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, a few miles southeast of Yellowstone Lake. Its headwater streams flow into Heart Lake, from whose southeastern end the main Heart River issues, receiving two tributary streams from the northeast and flowing southwest into a short but steep gorge. It then continues generally south for roughly 4 miles (6 km) before emptying into the Snake near the boundary with the Teton National Forest.

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Notes[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Heart River Source
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Heart River Mouth
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 4, 2011


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