Malheur River
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This article is about the Oregon river. For other uses of the word "Malheur", see Malheur.
The Malheur River (local pronunciation: "MAL-hyure") is a 190-mile-long (306 km)[4] tributary of the Snake River in eastern Oregon in the United States. It drains a high desert area, between the Harney Basin and the Blue Mountains and the Snake.
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Malheur River | |
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Etymology | From the French malheur (bad fortune), applied by French Canadian hunters whose cache of furs near the river were stolen[1] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Malheur, Harney, Grant |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Blue Mountains |
• location | Grant County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 44°8′5″N 118°37′14″W[2] |
Mouth | Snake River |
• location | Malheur County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 44°3′33″N 116°58′31″W[2] |
• elevation | 2,133 ft (650 m)[2] |
Length | 190 mi (310 km) |
Basin size | 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | near Vale, Oregon |
• average | 203 cu ft/s (5.7 m3/s) |
• minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 20,800 cu ft/s (590 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | North Fork Malheur River, Bully Creek, Willow Creek |
• right | South Fork Malheur River |
Type | Wild, Scenic |
Designated | October 28, 1988 |
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In the past Malheur Lake (located in the enclosed Harney Basin to the southwest) outflowed into the river.