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The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km long), in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. It is one of three rivers, along with the Jefferson and Madison that converge near Three Forks, Montana to form the Missouri.
It rises in the northwest corner Yellowstone National Park, in northwestern Wyoming, in the Gallatin Range of the Rocky Mountains. It flows northwest through Gallatin National Forest, past Big Sky, Montana, and joins the Jefferson and Madison approximately 30 mi (48 km) northwest of Bozeman.
The river was named for Albert Gallatin.
See also
External links
- National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov/yell/slidefile/water/river/gallatin/page.htm) Gallatin River images
- US Dept. of Agriculture (http://www.mt.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/watersupply/gateway.html) snowmelt runoff of the Gallatin
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