| Swan River | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Swan_River_National_Wildlife_Refuge.jpg) Swan River National Wildlife Refuge | |
| 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.
- ^ a b "Swan River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1980-04-04. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
watershedwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "USGS Gage #12370000 on the Swan River near Bigfork, MT" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1922–2013. Retrieved 2014-10-27.