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Yellowstone

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Yel·low·stone  (yl-stn)
A river, about 1,080 km (671 mi) long, of northwest Wyoming and southern and eastern Montana. It flows northward through Yellowstone Lake and Yellowstone National Park then east and northeast to the Missouri River. The park includes numerous geysers, including Old Faithful.
Yellowstone [ˈjɛləʊˌstəʊn]
n
(Placename) a river rising in N Wyoming and flowing north through Yellowstone National Park, then east to the Missouri. Length: 1080 km (671 miles)
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Noun1.YellowstoneYellowstone - a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone River
Montana, Treasure State, MT - a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border
Equality State, WY, Wyoming - a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east


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Henry, already mentioned, he established a post on the banks of the Yellowstone River in
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
Michael was the promotor's brother, and ran the Yellowstone pool rooms where he made goodly sums on the fight game.
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
He was naked and alone, in the midst of an unbounded wilderness; his only chance was to reach a trading post of the Missouri Company, situated on a branch of the Yellowstone River.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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