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The Williston Basin is a large intracratonic sedimentary basin in eastern Montana, western North Dakota, South Dakota, southern Saskatchewan, and south-western Manitoba that is known for its rich deposits of petroleum and potash. The basin is a geologic structural basin but not a topographic depression; it is transected by the Missouri River ...
The East Gallatin River flows 42 miles (68 km) in a northwesterly direction through the Gallatin valley, Gallatin County, Montana. Rising from the confluence of Rocky Creek and several other small streams, the East Gallatin begins about one mile (1.6 km) east of downtown Bozeman, Montana .
Smith River (Montana) South Fork Flathead River; South Fork Musselshell River; Spotted Bear River; St. Mary River (Alberta–Montana) St. Regis River (Montana) Stillwater River (Stillwater County, Montana) Stillwater River (Flathead County, Montana) Sun River; Swan River (Montana) Sweet Grass Creek
The geology of Montana includes thick sequences of Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary rocks overlying ancient Archean and Proterozoic crystalline basement rock. . Eastern Montana has considerable oil and gas resources, while the uplifted Rocky Mountains in the west, which resulted from the Laramide orogeny and other tectonic events have locations with met
Elm Coulee Oil Field was discovered in the Williston Basin in Richland County, eastern Montana, in 2000. It produces oil from the Bakken formation and, as of 2007, was the "highest-producing onshore field found in the lower 48 states in the past 56 years." [2] By 2007, the field had become one of the 20 largest oil fields in the United States ...
1]: Length: 265 mi (426 km): Basin size: 5,397 sq mi (13,980 km 2): Discharge: : • location: Miles City, Montana: • average: 400 cu ft/s (11 m 3 /s): • minimum: 0 cu ft/s (0 m 3 /s): • maximum: 13,300 cu ft/s (380 m 3 /s): Basin features; Tributaries: : • right: Pumpkin Creek, Otter Creek, Hanging Woman Creek, Prairie Dog Creek, Goose Creek, Wolf Creek: The Tongue River is a ...
To this day, Eastern Montana has a proud Native American population. Eastern Montana was the location of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. [3] Fort Peck Dam near Glasgow, Montana was a major project of the Public Works Administration, part of the New Deal. Construction of Fort Peck Dam started in 1933, and at its peak in July 1936 employed ...