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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 1,080 km (670 mi) long, of northwest Wyoming and southern and eastern Montana. It flows northward through Yellowstone Lake and Yellowstone National Park then east and northeast to the Missouri River. The park includes numerous geysers, including Old Faithful.
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"When the answer comes to me that it's the financial integrity of the company we're depending on, well companies come and go, but the Yellowstone River has been the same for the last 25,000 years or so,"
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In July, the Silver Tip pipeline operated by Exxon ruptured, spilling 42,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River.
Peter Lehner: Keystone Pipeline, Tar Sands Oil, and Climate Change Are Not in Our National Interest Peter Lehner 2011
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The company has estimated that between 750 and 1,000 barrels of crude flowed into the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Mont., on July 1, fouling the shoreline and backwaters along dozens of miles of the scenic river.
Montana Says Spill Estimate by Exxon Is Questionable Angel Gonzalez 2011
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HOUSTON—Montana's Department of Environmental Quality asked Exxon Mobil Corp. to justify its estimate of how much oil spilled into the Yellowstone River earlier this month, citing the oil company's changing timeline for fixing a leaking pipeline.
Montana Says Spill Estimate by Exxon Is Questionable Angel Gonzalez 2011
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Montana asked Exxon to justify its estimate of how much oil spilled into the Yellowstone River from its pipeline.
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I crossed the Yellowstone River on Fishing Bridge, which, appropriately, was lined with fishermen, then stopped at the Yellowstone General Store.
Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans 2011
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I crossed the Yellowstone River on Fishing Bridge, which, appropriately, was lined with fishermen, then stopped at the Yellowstone General Store.
Miles to Go Richard Paul Evans 2011
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— An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Montana ruptured Saturday and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 25-mile plume that fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts downstream to close intakes.
Yellowstone Oil Spill Prompts Evacuations The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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In 1873, a Northern Pacific Railroad surveying expedition penetrated the Yellowstone River region, and the next year gold was discovered in the Black Hills.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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LAUREL, Mont. â An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Montana ruptured Saturday and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 25-mile plume that fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts downstream to close intakes.
Yellowstone Oil Spill Prompts Evacuations The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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