Little Powder River
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CountryUnited States
locationGillette,_Wyoming
| Little Powder River | |
|---|---|
 Little Powder River within the Yellowstone River watershed | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming, Montana |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Gillette,_Wyoming |
| • coordinates | 44°18′44.1″N 105°27′53″W / 44.312250°N 105.46472°W |
| Mouth | Powder River |
• location | Near Broadus, Montana |
The Little Powder River is a tributary of the Powder River, in southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming in the United States.[1] It drains an area historically known as the Powder River Country on the high plains east of the Bighorn Mountains.
The stream flows northward, east of the Bighorns, and into Montana. It is joins the Powder River near the town of Broadus. The Little Powder River was so named because the sand along a portion of its banks resembled gunpowder. The Powder River Basin near the Montana/Wyoming border is a major source of low-sulfur coal mined in the United States.
