Sweetwater River | |
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![]() 1870 photograph of the Sweetwater River. | |
![]() North Platte, Sweetwater Rivers across Wyoming | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Wyoming |
Cities | Sweetwater Station, Jeffrey City |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sweetwater Gap |
• location | Wind River Range, Fremont County |
• coordinates | 42°39′15″N 109°03′25″W / 42.65417°N 109.05694°W[1] |
• elevation | 10,200 ft (3,100 m) |
Mouth | North Platte River |
• location | Pathfinder Reservoir, Natrona County |
• coordinates | 42°30′25″N 109°03′25″W / 42.50694°N 109.05694°W[1] |
• elevation | 5,853 ft (1,784 m) |
Length | 238 mi (383 km)[2] |
Basin size | 2,880 sq mi (7,500 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | above Pathfinder Reservoir[4] |
• average | 120.8 cu ft/s (3.42 m3/s)[4] |
• minimum | 0.5 cu ft/s (0.014 m3/s) |
• maximum | 4,290 cu ft/s (121 m3/s) |
The Sweetwater River is a 238-mile (383 km) long tributary of the North Platte River,[2] in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As a part of the Mississippi River system, its waters eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico.