| Fisher River Pleasant Valley Fisher River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| Counties | Lincoln, Flathead |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Pleasant Valley Fisher River |
| • location | Salish Mountains |
| • coordinates | 48°4′12″N 114°44′18″W / 48.07000°N 114.73833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 4,130 ft (1,260 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Kootenay River |
• coordinates | 48°21′56″N 115°19′25″W / 48.36556°N 115.32361°W[3] |
• elevation | 2,110 ft (640 m)[2] |
| Length | 63 mi (101 km) |
| Basin size | 838 sq mi (2,170 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | near mouth[4] |
| • average | 477 cu ft/s (13.5 m3/s)[4] |
| • minimum | 35 cu ft/s (0.99 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 7,790 cu ft/s (221 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Silver Butte Fisher River, West Fisher Creek |
| • right | Wolf Creek, Montana |
The Fisher River is a tributary of the Kootenay River (spelled Kootenai in the United States) in the U.S. state of Montana. The Fisher River properly begins at the confluence of its two main tributaries, the Pleasant Valley Fisher River and the Silver Butte Fisher River. Of the two tributaries, the Pleasant Valley Fisher River is the larger and is sometimes considered part of the Fisher River proper. A variant name of the Fisher River is Pleasant Valley River, and a variant name of the Pleasant Valley Fisher River is Fisher River.[1][3]
The river is part of the Columbia River basin, being a tributary of the Kootenay River, which is a tributary to the Columbia River.