Geography Tool Shed : Yellowstone River

United States Rivers

Yellowstone River

States	Montana (556 mi), North Dakota (18 mi), Wyoming (118 mi)
Length	691.9 miles
Watershed Length^*	22,990 miles
Mouth	Missouri River ⤏ Gulf of Mexico
GNIS	1035255

Tributaries

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Name	Distance from Mouth (miles)	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Alkali Creek	286	56	77
Alum Creek	608	19	19
Armells Creek	244	29	134
Arrow Creek	334	24	24
Ash Creek	135	15	15
Bad Route Creek	119	34	100
Bennie Peer Creek	27	56	105
Bensley Creek	179	14	14
Big Creek	537	18	18
Bighorn River	296	290	6,535
Big Porcupine Creek	246	114	337
Big Timber Creek	458	32	48
Billman Creek	501	15	15
Blacktail Deer Creek	571	13	13
Blue Creek	369	26	26
Boulder River	457	67	119
Box Elder Creek	71	44	44
Bridger Creek	439	21	21
Broad Creek	595	17	17
Buffalo Creek	305	48	109
Burns Creek	63	54	127
Cabin Creek	111	103	164
Canyon Creek	373	49	49
Cedar Creek	104	61	77
Charbonneau Creek	9	57	125
Cheney Creek	21	14	14
Cherry Creek	134	65	214
Clear Creek	105	65	84
Coal Creek	132	15	15
Cottonwood Creek	126	26	26
Cottonwood Creek	161	40	40
Cottonwood Creek	65	22	60
Cow Gulch	322	44	89
Cracker Box Creek	113	19	19
Crooked Creek	347	19	34
Crooked Creek	148	17	17
Custer Creek	152	46	80
Deer Creek	86	30	115
Duck Creek	473	4	39
First Hay Creek	17	33	54
Five Mile Creek	358	23	23
Fly Creek	327	75	140
Fox Creek	34	39	98
Froze to Death Creek	270	21	61
Gardner River	563	30	60
Glendive Creek	90	56	169
Graveyard Creek	207	25	25
Harris Creek	163	27	27
Hatchet Creek	120	15	15
Hellroaring Creek	577	26	26
Hensley Creek	408	15	15
Hibbard Creek	312	37	54
Horse Creek	229	20	20
Horse Creek	13	33	33
Jones Creek	174	16	16
Keyser Creek	414	22	22
Lamar River	583	48	175
Lignite Creek	192	15	15
Little Porcupine Creek	230	119	279
Little Timber Creek	464	21	21
Lone Tree Creek	29	34	60
Lower Deer Creek	447	27	27
Lower Sevenmile Creek	81	39	39
Mill Creek	524	22	22
Moon Creek	194	37	37
Morgan Creek	78	20	20
Muggins Creek	279	62	78
Muster Creek	169	31	31
O'Fallon Creek	128	161	740
Otter Creek	457	54	90
Pompeys Pillar Creek	331	38	38
Powder River	148	430	5,128
Pryor Creek	352	115	234
Razor Creek	346	44	62
Reservation Creek	251	29	29
Rosebud Creek	224	224	438
Sand Creek	219	36	36
Sand Creek	172	38	38
Sand Creek	325	18	18
Sand Creek	100	18	18
Sarpy Creek	265	105	185
Shields River	491	64	237
Sixmile Creek	534	14	14
Slaughterhouse Creek	236	15	15
Smith Creek	240	15	15
Smith Creek	53	46	68
Sour Creek	609	18	18
Starved to Death Creek	261	22	22
Stillwater River	415	71	229
Sunday Creek	175	15	302
Sweeney Creek	215	35	35
Sweet Grass Creek	448	78	116
Thirteenmile Creek	73	53	89
Thorofare Creek	667	30	43
Tom Miner Creek	546	15	15
Tongue River	184	281	2,096
Tower Creek	586	14	14
Trout Creek	612	14	14
Twelve Mile Creek	351	21	21
Upper Deer Creek	450	24	24
Upper Sevenmile Creek	96	59	113
Valley Creek	395	15	42
White Beaver Creek	430	4	58
Whitetail Creek	200	14	14
Whoopup Creek	101	15	15
Wilson Creek	205	13	36
Yellowstone River - Clarks Fork	381	138	738

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* Note: Watershed is mostly rivers/streams 15+ miles in length.

Data from United States Geological Survey