Cannonball River

River

Cannonball River

The Cannonball River

Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Slope County in White Lake National Wildlife Refuge
• coordinates| 46°28′12″N 103°12′24″W﻿ / ﻿46.47°N 103.2066667°W﻿ / 46.47; -103.2066667﻿ (Cannonball River origin)
• elevation| 2,780 ft (850 m)
Mouth|

• location

| Confluence with Missouri River in Lake Oahe

• coordinates

| 46°25′45″N 100°35′21″W﻿ / ﻿46.4291667°N 100.5891667°W﻿ / 46.4291667; -100.5891667﻿ (Cannonball River mouth)

• elevation

| 1,611 ft (491 m)
Length| 135 mi (217 km)
Discharge|
• location| Breien
• average| 250 cu ft/s (7.1 m3/s)[1]
Basin features
Progression| Cannonball River → Missouri → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
GNIS ID| 1035898

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The Cannonball River (Lakota: Íŋyaŋwakağapi Wakpá[2]) is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 135 miles (217 km) long, in southwestern North Dakota in the United States.[3]

It rises in the Little Missouri National Grassland, in the badlands north of Amidon in northern Slope County. It flows ESE past New England, Mott, and Burt. It is joined by Cedar Creek approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Shields 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 near Cannon Ball. The cannonball concretions found in the vicinity of this river are the source of its name.[4]

## See also

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* List of rivers of North Dakota

## References

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1. ^ "USGS Surface Water data for North Dakota: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
2. ^ Ullrich, Jan, ed. (2011). New Lakota Dictionary (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Lakota Language Consortium. p. 877\. ISBN 978-0-9761082-9-0. LCCN 2008922508.
3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cannonball River
4. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 313\. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.

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