Teton River (Montana)
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The Teton River (pronounced "TEE-taan") is located in northwestern Montana, in the Western United States The ~ Template:Convert long river is a tributary of the Marias River. Its watershed is within Teton County and Chouteau County, Montana.
Course
The Teton River headwaters are in the southern Lewis Range of the Rocky Mountains at the continental divide, in the Lewis and Clark National Forest.
It flows southeast, then east, down from the Lewis mountains and across Teton County, past the town of Choteau. It is joined by Muddy Creek and Deep Creek. It continues flowing east, passing near Fort Benton to its confluence with the Marias River. This occurs only Template:Convert upstream of the Marias' confluence with the Missouri River.
Variant names
The Teton River has also been known as the:<ref name=gnis/>
- Breast River
- Fancy River
- Mone-e-kis, Monekis
- Rose River
- Tansey River
- Tansy River, Tanzey River, or Tanzy River