Milk River

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Milk River is a North American river that flows through Montana in the United States and Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada, ultimately joining the Missouri River.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Milk River canonical 6
Milk River basin 1
Milk River drainage 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
administrativeRegion Hill County, Montana
Milk River No. 136, Alberta
Phillips County, Montana
Valley County, Montana
basinCountry Canada
United States of America
borderRegion Montana–Alberta border area
continent North America
country Canada
United States of America
crossesBorderBetween United States of America and Canada
flowsDirection generally eastward
generally northward in its upper Canadian reach
generally southeastward back into Montana
flowsThrough Alberta
Montana
Saskatchewan
hasEcologicalRole riparian habitat in semi-arid prairie
hasEconomicUse agricultural support
hasFeature meandering channel
semi-arid drainage basin
hasLeftTributary St. Mary River (via diversion)
hasTributary North Fork Milk River
South Fork Milk River
historicalRegion Louisiana Purchase
surface form: Louisiana Purchase territory
locatedIn Drumheller region
surface form: Alberta Badlands region

Great Plains
surface form: Great Plains region
locatedInWatershed Mississippi River basin
Missouri River Basin
surface form: Missouri River basin
mouth Missouri River
mouthLocation near Nashua, Montana
namedBy Meriwether Lewis
nameOrigin named for milky appearance of its waters
partOf Prairie Provinces river systems
transboundary river systems between Canada and the United States
passesNear Havre, Montana
surface form: Glasgow, Montana

Havre, Montana
Milk River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Milk River, Alberta
sourceLocation Rocky Mountains
sourceRegion Glacier County
surface form: Glacier County, Montana
tributaryOf Missouri River
usedFor irrigation
municipal water supply
recreation

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Missouri River hasTributary Milk River
International Joint Commission operatesIn Milk River
this entity surface form: St. Mary and Milk Rivers
Milk River passesNear Milk River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Milk River, Alberta
southern Alberta hasRiver Milk River
subject surface form: Southern Alberta
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana hasBorderFeature Milk River
this entity surface form: Milk River drainage
Milk River region locatedIn Milk River
this entity surface form: Milk River basin
Milk River region relatedTo Milk River
Dudh Koshi nameMeaning Milk River