Heart River (Wyoming) Explained

Heart River
Source1 Coordinates:44.2506°N -110.45°W
Mouth Coordinates:44.2133°N -110.4858°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Progression:North-south
Length:4.8miles
Mouth Elevation:7274feet
Discharge1 Avg:303 cuft/s
Basin Size:30sqmi

The Heart River is a 4.8adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] 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 4miles before emptying into the Snake near the boundary with the Teton National Forest.

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Notes and References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 4, 2011