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Lemhi River

Field	Value
name	Lemhi River
image	Reenactment on Lemhi River Nez Perce National Historic Trail (23723417842).jpg
image_caption	Historical reenactment on the Lemhi River
image_size	300
pushpin_map	USA Idaho#USA
pushpin_map_size	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the mouth of the Lemhi River in Idaho
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Idaho
subdivision_type3	Counties
subdivision_name3	Lemhi
subdivision_type5	Cities
subdivision_name5	Leadore, Salmon
length	60 mi
discharge1_location	near mouth at Salmon, ID
discharge1_min	0.75 cuft/s
discharge1_avg	251 cuft/s
discharge1_max	2610 cuft/s
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	5954 ft
mouth	Salmon River
mouth_location	Salmon
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	3900 ft
basin_size	1216 sqmi

The Lemhi River is a 60 mi river in Idaho in the United States. It is a tributary of the Salmon River, which in turn is a tributary to the Snake River and Columbia River.

Course

From its source near Leadore and the confluence of several headwater streams, the Lemhi River flows generally northwest, through the Lemhi Valley, between the Lemhi Range to the west, and the Bitterroot Range and Beaverhead Mountains to the east. The Lemhi River flows into the Salmon River at the city of Salmon.

River modification

The water of the Lemhi River and its tributaries is used for irrigation agriculture. Of the river's mainstem tributaries, only 7% are not totally disconnected year round due to diversion for irrigation.

History

In August 1805 Lewis and Clark crossed the continental divide at the Lemhi Pass 10 mi to the east of the Lemhi River. There, the group encountered a tribe of Shoshone Indians, one of whom turned out to be Cameahwait, brother of Sacagawea. The expedition sent a reconnaissance party, guided by Swooping Eagle, north along the Lemhi to the Salmon River attempting to find a navigable path, but turned back when they found that the Salmon was not passable by boat or on land.

References

{{Gnis. 384571. Lemhi River, [[United States Geological Survey. USGS]], [[Geographic Names Information System. GNIS]]
[[Google Earth]] elevation for [[Geographic Names Information System. GNIS]] coordinates.
[https://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-id-05-1/ Water Resource Data, Idaho, 2005], USGS.
U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive. link. (2012-03-29 , accessed May 3, 2011)
[http://www.nwcouncil.org/fw/subbasinplanning/salmon/plan/ Salmon Subbasin Plan], Northwest Power and Conservation Council
link. (2011-06-16)
[http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/lewisandclark/site1.htm Cameahwait's Village]{{dead link. (June 2025)

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