Bad River (South Dakota)
The Bad River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 161 miles (259 km) long,[1] in central South Dakota in the United States.
The river is formed at Philip, South Dakota, by the confluence of its North and South forks. The North Fork Bad River rises in eastern Pennington County and flows 51 miles (82 km)[1] east-southeast to Philip, while the South Fork Bad River rises at the confluence of Whitewater Creek and Big Buffalo Creek in Jackson County, within the Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and flows 36 miles (58 km) northeast to Philip.[1] The main stem of the Bad River flows east-northeast from Philip, passing Midland and Capa. It joins the Missouri at Fort Pierre.
The river basin is noted for deposits of manganese and fuller's earth.
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- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011
Coordinates: 44°21′16″N 100°22′04″W / 44.35440°N 100.36790°W
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