Tongue River

Tongue River

      river rising on the eastern slopes of the Bighorn Mountains just west of Sheridan, Wyo., U.S., and flowing northeastward for 246 miles (396 km) to join the Yellowstone River at Miles City, Mont. From elevations of 8,000–10,000 feet (2,400–3,000 m), it drops to low, rugged mountains and badlands. Below the mountains the stream runs through a long, narrow valley confined by high bluffs and terraces. Tongue River Reservoir in Montana, near the Wyoming border, furnishes irrigation water for downstream areas. Custer National Forest, east of the river near Ashland, Mont., occupies the centre of the drainage basin. The Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation lies along the banks of the river in the area west of Ashland.

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