The Blackfoot River is a tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. state of Idaho . Formed by the confluence of Diamond Creek and Lanes Creek, it flows 135 miles (217 km) to its mouth at the Snake River. The river is part of the Columbia River Basin .
5-481: Blackfoot River can refer to: Blackfoot River (Idaho) Blackfoot River (Montana) Little Blackfoot River , also in Montana [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
10-496: Is approximately 1,097 square miles (2,841 km ) in area. Its mean annual discharge , as measured at by USGS gage 13068501 (Combination Blackfoot River and Bypass Channel near Blackfoot, Idaho ), is 210 cubic feet per second (5.95 m /s), with a maximum daily recorded flow of 2,130 cu ft/s (60.3 m /s), and a minimum of zero flow. The river is named for the Blackfoot people even though they never lived in
15-837: The area. It was first mapped by the Lewis and Clark expedition. The Blackfoot River is formed by the joining of Diamond and Lanes creeks, in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest in Caribou County near Soda Springs, Idaho . It flows northwest through the Blackfoot Reservoir , which is used for irrigation and flood control, then west to join the Snake River in Bingham County . The Blackfoot River's headwaters are very close to
20-724: The headwaters of the Bear River and the Portneuf River . All three begin in a few square miles of relatively flat land near Soda Springs, from which some headwater streams flow north to the Blackfoot River, others south to the Bear River, and others west to the Portneuf River. The region the Blackfoot River flows through is covered in all its lowest portions with flows of basalt which had their origin in
25-398: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackfoot_River&oldid=666219745 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blackfoot River (Idaho) The Blackfoot River's drainage basin
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