Belt Creek ( ats, kɔyɔ́ɔteihíniicááh, lit=belt river
) is a tributary, approximately 80 mi (129 km) long, of the
Missouri River in western
Montana
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in the
United States
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.
It originates in the
Lewis and Clark National Forest
Lewis and Clark National Forest is located in west central Montana, United States. Spanning , the forest is managed as two separate zones. The eastern sections, under the Jefferson Division, is a mixture of grass and shrublands dotted with "islan ...
north of
Big Baldy Mountain, in the
Little Belt Mountains
The Little Belt Mountains are a section of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S.
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in western
Judith Basin County
Judith Basin County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,023. Its county seat is the town of Stanford.
History
Judith Basin County was formed of area taken from western Fergus and eastern Casca ...
. It flows northwest through mountainous
canyon
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s (Limestone Canyon) past
Monarch
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, through
Sluice Boxes State Park, and flows through
Armington and
Belt
Belt may refer to:
Apparel
* Belt (clothing), a leather or fabric band worn around the waist
* Championship belt, a type of trophy used primarily in combat sports
* Colored belts, such as a black belt or red belt, worn by martial arts practit ...
. It finally joins the Missouri approximately 15 mi (25 km) northwest of
Great Falls of the Missouri.
It is named for the
Little Belt Mountains
The Little Belt Mountains are a section of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S.
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, which it flows through.
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See also
*List of rivers of Montana
The following is a partial list of rivers of Montana (U.S. state).
East of Continental Divide
Water in these rivers flows east and south from the Continental Divide of the Americas, also known as the Great Divide, into the Gulf of Mexico via t ...
*Montana Stream Access Law
The Montana Stream Access Law says that anglers, floaters and other recreationists in Montana have full use of most natural waterways between the high-water marks for fishing and floating, along with swimming and other river or stream-related act ...
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Rivers of Montana
Tributaries of the Missouri River
Rivers of Cascade County, Montana
Rivers of Chouteau County, Montana