Swan River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Montana |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Gray Wolf Lake |
• location | Mission Mountains, Missoula County |
• coordinates | 47°17′48″N 113°52′04″W / 47.29667°N 113.86778°W[1] |
• elevation | 6,650 ft (2,030 m) |
Mouth | Flathead Lake |
• location | Bigfork, Flathead County |
• coordinates | 48°03′35″N 114°04′51″W / 48.05972°N 114.08083°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,897 ft (883 m) |
Length | 95 mi (153 km) |
Basin size | 671 sq mi (1,740 km2)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | river mile 14.0, near Bigfork[3] |
• average | 1,155 cu ft/s (32.7 m3/s)[3] |
• minimum | 193 cu ft/s (5.5 m3/s) |
• maximum | 8,890 cu ft/s (252 m3/s) |
The Swan River is a 95-mile (153 km) long, north-flowing river in western Montana in the United States. The river drains a long isolated valley, known as the Swan Valley, between the Swan Range on the east and the Mission Mountains to the west.
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