WebThe Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 692 miles (1,114 km) long, in the Western United States.Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains and high plains of southern Montana and northern Wyoming, and stretching east from the Rocky …

WebDer Yellowstone River ist ein rechter Nebenfluss des Missouri River.Er ist 1114 Kilometer lang und fließt durch den Westen der Vereinigten Staaten. Die Hidatsa-Indianer nannten den Fluss wegen der gelben Färbung des Gesteins an seinen Ufern Mi tse a-da-zi, was die frühen französischen Trapper mit Rivière des Roches Jaunes übersetzten und Rene …

WebThe Firehole River is located in northwestern Wyoming, and is one of the two major tributaries of the Madison River.It flows north approximately 21 miles (34 km) from its source in Madison Lake on the Continental Divide to join the Gibbon River at Madison Junction in Yellowstone National Park.It is part of the Missouri River system.

WebThe Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately 461 miles (742 km) long, in the states of Wyoming and Montana in the western United States. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the bighorn sheep he saw along its banks as he explored the Yellowstone.. The upper reaches of the Bighorn, south of the Owl …

WebBighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) were once very numerous in western United States and were an important food source for humans.The "Sheep eaters", a band of Shoshone people, lived year-round in Yellowstone until 1880.Their principal food was bighorn sheep and they made their bows from sheep horns.By 1900, during an "epoch of relentless destruction by …

WebThe Columbia River Basalt Group is the youngest, smallest and one of the best-preserved continental flood basalt province on Earth, covering over 210,000 km 2 ... Further, the Yellowstone images show necking of the plume at 650 km (400 mi) and 400 km (250 mi), which may correspond to phase changes or may reflect still-to-be-understood viscosity ...

WebIl parco nazionale di Yellowstone (in inglese Yellowstone National Park) è una zona protetta situata negli Stati Uniti, nominata patrimonio mondiale dall'UNESCO e a cavallo di tre stati, ovvero la sezione nord-occidentale del Wyoming (per la maggior parte), il sud-est dell'Idaho (al confine con la foresta nazionale di Caribou-Targhee) e il sud-ovest del …

WebBillings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, which had a population of 184,167 in the 2020 census. It has a trade area of over 500,000. Billings was nicknamed …

WebO Parque Nacional de Yellowstone é um parque nacional norte-americano localizado nos estados de Wyoming, Montana e Idaho. É o mais antigo parque nacional no mundo, e um marco na história das áreas protegidas.Foi inaugurado a 1 de março de 1872 e cobre uma área de 8 980 km², estando a maior parte dele no condado de Park, no noroeste do …

WebThe Blackfoot River, sometimes called the Big Blackfoot River to distinguish it from the Little Blackfoot River, is a snow-fed and spring-fed river in western Montana.The Blackfoot River begins in Lewis and Clark County at the Continental Divide, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the town of Lincoln (4536 feet, 1382 m). The river's headwaters are between Rogers …