river rising in the Badlands, Billings county, west-central North Dakota, U.S. It runs between the Missouri and Little Missouri rivers and flows about 200 miles (320 km) east past Dickinson and Gladstone to join the Missouri River at Mandan, opposite Bismarck. The Dickinson Dam, impounding Patterson Lake; the Heart Butte Dam, impounding Lake Tschida; and Sweet Briar Dam (on a north-bank tributary of the Heart) are units of the Missouri River Basin irrigation and flood-control project.
HEART RIVER
Meaning of HEART RIVER in English
Britannica English vocabulary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012