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Belt Creek (Montana)

River in Montana, United States of America

Summary

River in Montana, United States of America

Field	Value
name	Belt Creek
native_name	ats
image	Sluice Boxes State Park.jpg
image_size	280
image_alt	Cliffs in Sluice Boxes State Park
image_caption	Belt Creek flowing below the cliffs of
Sluice Boxes State Park
pushpin_map	USA Montana
pushpin_map_size	280
pushpin_map_alt	Location of Belt Creek in Montana.
pushpin_map_caption	Mouth of Belt Creek in Montana
source1_coordinates
source1_coord_ref
mouth_coordinates
mouth_coord_ref
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Cascade and Chouteau County, Montana
mouth_elevation	2792 ft
discharge1_location	near Portage
discharge1_avg	249 cuft/s
river_system	Missouri River

Sluice Boxes State Park

Belt Creek () 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 2 mi downstream of Morony Dam.

It is named for the Little Belt Mountains, which it flows through.

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

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References

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"USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics for Montana: Belt Creek near Portage MT".
Cowell, A.. "Gros Ventre ethnogeography and place names: A diachronic perspective". Anthropological Linguistics.
"Belt Creek". Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

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