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The Judith River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 124 mi (200 km) long, running through central Montana in the United States. It rises in the Little Belt Mountains and flows northeast past Utica and Hobson. It is joined by Dry Wolf Creek in northern Fergus County, and itself joins the Missouri in the White Cliffs Area approximately 18 mi (29 km) northwest of Winifred.

Judith River
Judith River near Hanover Road
The Judith River
Location
Country	Fergus and Judith Basin County, Montana
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	46°50′57″N 110°16′10″W[1]
Mouth
• coordinates	47°44′06″N 109°38′46″W[1]
• elevation	2,408 feet (734 m)[1]
Discharge
• location	near mouth, (near Winifred)
• average	292 cu ft/s (8.3 m3/s)[2]
Basin features
River system	Missouri River
Tributaries
• left	Big Spring Creek

The river gives its name to the Judith River Group of the late Cretaceous, a notable area for excavation of dinosaur fossils that stretches from Montana into southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. The river was named by William Clark. William Clark came across a stream which he considered particularly clear and pretty, and named it the Judith River, in honor of his cousin Julia Hancock. It is also known for its large amount of Cretaceous dinosaur fossils, including those of Tyrannosaurus, Styracosaurus and Edmontosaurus.

The Judith is a Class I river from the confluence with Big Spring Creek to its confluence with the Missouri River for public access for recreational purposes.[3]

History

The Crow tribe called this waterway Buluhpa’ashe (“Plum River”). Capt. Meriwether Lewis named this central Montana river the Bighorn. On May 20, 1805, Capt. William Clark renamed it in honor of his future wife, Julia (Judith) Hancock. Beginning in the 1880s, the area surrounding the Judith River at Judith Landing was home to two large ranching operations: the DHS Ranch of A.J. and Erwin Davis, Samuel T. Hauser, and Granville Stuart; and the PN Ranch of Thomas C. Power and G.R. Norris.[4]

White Eagle, "the last major Chief of the Gros Ventre people", died "at the mouth of the Judith River" on February 9, 1881.[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Montana
• Montana Stream Access Law
• Upper Missouri River National Monument

External links

• Montana relief map showing Judith River
• Additional Information and Photos of the Judith River
• Montana Historical Society

Notes

На других языках

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- [en] Judith River

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[es] Río Judith

El río de Judith (en inglés: Judith River) es un corto río del oeste de los Estados Unidos, un afluente del río Misuri de aproximadamente 200 km de longitud que discurre a través de la parte central del estado de Montana.

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