Belt Creek (Montana)

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Belt Creek (Template:Langx<ref name=cowell>Template:Cite journal</ref>) is a tributary, approximately 80 mi (129 km) long, of the Missouri River in western Montana in the United States.

It originates in the Lewis and Clark National Forest north of Big Baldy Mountain, in the Little Belt Mountains in western Judith Basin County. It flows northwest through mountainous canyons (Limestone Canyon) past Monarch, through Sluice Boxes State Park, and flows through Armington and Belt. It finally joins the Missouri approximately 15 mi (25 km) northwest of Great Falls of the Missouri and Template:Convert downstream of Morony Dam.<ref name="FWP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It is named for the Little Belt Mountains, which it flows through.<ref name=cowell/>

Willow, cottonwood, chokecherry, and wild roses grow in part of the canyon stretch and in a large band in the foothill zone.<ref name="FWP" /> Brook, Brown, and Rainbow Trout have been introduced to the creek.<ref name="FWP" /> Native fish include several minnows, mooneye, perch, sculpin, 4 types of suckers, and 2 types of trout.<ref name="FWP" />

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