South Fork Malheur River
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| South Fork Malheur River | |
| Name origin: From the French malheur (bad fortune), applied by French Canadian hunters whose cache of furs near the river were stolen [1] | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
| County | Harney, Malheur |
| Source | |
| - location | Round Mountain, southeast of New Princeton, Harney County |
| - elevation | 4,709 ft (1,435 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3] |
| Mouth | Malheur River |
| - location | Riverside, Malheur County |
| - elevation | 3,264 ft (995 m) [3] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3] |
  Location of the mouth of the South Fork Malheur River in Oregon
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The South Fork Malheur River is tributary of the Malheur River in a sparsely populated part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Arising southeast of the unincorporated community of New Princeton and slightly north of Oregon Route 78, it flows generally northeast to meet the Malheur near the unincorporated community of Riverside in Malheur County.[4] The South Fork enters the larger river 96 miles (154 km) by water from its confluence with the Snake River.[5]
Tributaries
Named tributaries of the South Fork from source to mouth are Camp, Indian, Deadman, Pole, Crane, and Swamp creeks. Then Coleman, Coyote, Cobb, Visher, Buck, McEwen, Hot Springs, and Granite creeks.[4]
See also
References
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- ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
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