| Malheur River | |
|---|---|
 Malheur River flowing through Harney County | |
  Location of the mouth of the Malheur River in Oregon | |
| Etymology | From the French malheur (bad fortune), applied by French Canadian hunters whose cache of furs near the river were stolen[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Malheur, Harney, Grant |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Blue Mountains |
| • location | Grant County, Oregon |
| • coordinates | 44°8′5″N 118°37′14″W / 44.13472°N 118.62056°W[1] |
| Mouth | Snake River |
• location | Malheur County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 44°3′33″N 116°58′31″W / 44.05917°N 116.97528°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,133 ft (650 m)[1] |
| Length | 190 mi (310 km) |
| Basin size | 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | near Vale, Oregon |
| • average | 203 cu ft/s (5.7 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 20,800 cu ft/s (590 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | North Fork Malheur River, Bully Creek, Willow Creek |
| • right | South Fork Malheur River |
| Type | Wild, Scenic |
| Designated | October 28, 1988 |
The Malheur River (/ˈmælhjʊər/ MAL-hure)[4] is a 190-mile-long (306 km)[5] tributary of the Snake River in eastern Oregon in the United States. It drains a high desert area, between the Harney Basin, the Blue Mountains and the Snake.
In the past Malheur Lake (located in the enclosed Harney Basin to the southwest) outflowed into the river.
- ^ a b c "Malheur River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names, 7th ed. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 606–07. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Watershed Professionals Network, L.L.C. (2004). "Malheur River Subbasin Assessment and Management Plan for Fish and Wildlife Mitigation" (PDF). Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
- ^ "Malheur River Flooding". YouTube. Idaho News 6. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2011.