The Cannonball River ( lkt, Íŋyaŋwakağapi Wakpá) is a tributary of the
Missouri River, approximately long, in southwestern
North Dakota
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in the
United States
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.
It rises in the
Little Missouri National Grassland
Little Missouri National Grassland is a National Grassland located in western North Dakota, USA. At , it is the largest grassland in the country. Enclaved within its borders is Theodore Roosevelt National Park, which is managed by the National Pa ...
, in the
badlands
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north of
Amidon in northern
Slope County. It flows ESE past
New England
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,
Mott
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Surname B
*Basil Mott (1859–1938), British civil engineer
*Bitsy Mott (1918–2001), American baseball player C
* Charles James Mott (1880–1918), British bar ...
, and
Burt
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Burt may refer to:
People
*Burt Alvord (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw
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. It is joined by
Cedar Creek approximately southwest of
Shields
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and flows northeast, past Shields, forming the northern border of
Sioux County and the
Standing Rock Indian Reservation. It joins the Missouri in
Lake Oahe
Lake Oahe () is a large reservoir behind Oahe Dam on the Missouri River; it begins in central South Dakota and continues north into North Dakota in the United States. The lake has an area of and a maximum depth of . By volume, it is the fourth ...
near
Cannon Ball. The
cannonball concretions found in the vicinity of this river are the source of its name.
See also
*
List of rivers of North Dakota
This is a list of rivers in the state of North Dakota in the United States.
Alphabetically
*Bois de Sioux River
*Cannonball River
* Cedar Creek
*Cut Bank Creek
* Deep River
*Des Lacs River
* Elm River (North Dakota), tributary of Red River of the ...
References
Rivers of North Dakota
Tributaries of the Missouri River
Bodies of water of Slope County, North Dakota
Bodies of water of Sioux County, North Dakota
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