Everything about Milk River Montana-alberta totally explained
The
Milk River is a tributary of the
Missouri River, 729 mi (1,173 km) long in the
U.S. state of
Montana and the
Canadian province of
Alberta.
It is formed in northwestern Montana, in
Glacier County 21 mi (34 km) N of
Browning, Montana by the confluence of the South and Middle forks. The South Fork (approximately 30 mi or 50 km long) and Middle Fork (approximately 20 mi or 30 km long) both rise in the
Rocky Mountains just east of
Glacier National Park, in the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Much of the water in the North Fork is diverted from the St. Mary's River, through a canal and inverted siphon. The joined river flows ENE into southern Alberta, where it's joined by the
North Fork of the Milk River, then east along the north side of the
Sweetgrass Hills. It flows past the town of
Milk River and
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, then turns southeast into Montana, passing through
Fresno Reservoir, then east past
Havre and along the north side of the
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Near
Malta, it turns north, then southeast, flowing past
Glasgow and joining the Missouri 12 mi (20 km) downstream from
Fort Peck Dam.
The Milk is the northernmost major tributary of the Missouri, and thus represents the rough northern extent of the
Mississippi watershed. The small area drained by the Milk River in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan is one of two areas in
Canada that drain into the
Gulf of Mexico (The other being the
Poplar River watershed which extends into Canada in Saskatchewan).
The Milk River was given its name by Captain
Meriwether Lewis, of the
Lewis and Clark Expedition, who described the river in his journal:
» "the water of this river possesses a peculiar whiteness, being about the colour of a cup of tea with the admixture of a tablespoonfull of milk. from the colour of its water we called it Milk river."
This appearance results from
rock flour suspended in its waters. These extremely fine-grained sediments are the result of glacial erosion at the Milk River's headwaters.
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