Fremont River
The Fremont River is a 95-mile (153 km) long river in southeastern Utah, United States that flows from the Johnson Valley Reservoir, which is located on the Wasatch Plateau near Fish Lake, southeast through Capitol Reef National Park to the Muddy Creek near Hanksville where the two rivers combine to form the Dirty Devil River, a tributary of the Colorado River.
| Fremont River | |
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Looking south along the Fremont River near Caineville, February 2005 | |
Location of the mouth of the Fremont River in Utah | |
| Etymology | John C. Frémont |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| Region | Sevier and Wayne counties |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Johnson Valley Reservoir |
| • coordinates | 38°36′32″N 111°37′56″W |
| • elevation | 8,819 ft (2,688 m) |
| Mouth | Dirty Devil River |
• location | near Hanksville |
• coordinates | 38°24′10″N 110°41′35″W |
• elevation | 4,250 ft (1,300 m) |
| Length | 95 mi (153 km) |
| Basin size | 751 sq mi (1,950 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bicknell |
| • average | 83.9 cu ft/s (2.38 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 18 cu ft/s (0.51 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 1,360 cu ft/s (39 m3/s) |
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