Heart River (Wyoming)

The Heart River is a 4.8-mile-long (7.7 km)[3] river in the U.S. state of Wyoming, tributary to the Snake River. Its entire course is contained inside Yellowstone National Park. The river rises on the Continental Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, a few miles southeast of Yellowstone Lake. Its headwater streams flow into Heart Lake, from whose southeastern end the main Heart River issues, receiving two tributary streams from the northeast and flowing southwest into a short but steep gorge. It then continues generally south for roughly 4 miles (6 km) before emptying into the Snake near the boundary with the Teton National Forest.

Heart River
Heart Lake
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates44°15′02″N 110°27′00″W[1]
Mouth 
  coordinates
44°12′48″N 110°29′09″W[2]
  elevation
7,274 ft (2,217 m)
Length4.8 mi (7.7 km)
Basin size30 sq mi (78 km2)
Discharge 
  average303 cuft/s
Basin features
ProgressionNorth-south

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