The Redwater River is a tributary of the
Missouri River, approximately 110 mi (177 km), in eastern
Montana
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in the
United States
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.
It rises in on the northern slope of the
Big Sheep Mountains
The Big Sheep Mountains are located in the eastern area of the U.S. State of Montana in Prairie County, Montana. They are the easternmost mountains in Montana. Nearby towns include Circle, Lindsay, and Glendive.
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* List of mountain range ...
, in northwestern
Prairie County, and flows northeast across the plains past
Brockway and
Circle
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and joins the Missouri in northeastern
McCone County
McCone County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 1,729. Its county seat is Circle, Montana, Circle.
The county was created in 1919. It w ...
, approximately 4 mi (6 km) south of
Poplar.
Variant names
The Redwater River has also been known as: Red Water Creek, Red Water River, Redwater Creek, Two Thousand Mile Creek, Two-Thousand-Mile Creek
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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 ac ...
Notes
Rivers of Montana
Tributaries of the Missouri River
Bodies of water of McCone County, Montana
Bodies of water of Dawson County, Montana
Bodies of water of Prairie County, Montana
Bodies of water of Richland County, Montana
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