| Yaak River Yahk River | |
|---|---|
 Yaak River at Yaak, Montana | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| State | Montana |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Purcell Mountains |
| • location | Yahk Mountain |
| • coordinates | 49°12′35″N 115°42′41″W / 49.20972°N 115.71139°W[1] |
| • elevation | 4,910 ft (1,500 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Kootenai River |
• location | Troy, Montana |
• coordinates | 48°33′40″N 115°58′37″W / 48.56111°N 115.97694°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,838 ft (560 m)[2] |
| Basin size | 766 sq mi (1,980 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth (near Troy, MT)[3] |
| • average | 850 cu ft/s (24 m3/s)[3] |
| • minimum | 49 cu ft/s (1.4 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 11,600 cu ft/s (330 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | East Fork Yaak River, South Fork Yaak River |
| • right | West Fork Yaak River |
The Yaak River (spelled Yahk River in Canada) is a tributary of the Kootenai River in Montana.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yaak River, USGS, GNIS
- ^ a b Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates
- ^ a b c Montana Water Resources Data, 2004, USGS