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Bear River

American  

noun

  1. a river in NE Utah, SW Wyoming, and SE Idaho, flowing into the Great Salt Lake. 350 miles (565 km) long.


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To gather the advanced weather data, it erected 12 remote weather stations around the Bear River Basin, which feeds the Great Salt Lake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Forest Service in September 2019, Richards took the team to Boomerang Cave in the Bear River Range where they collected specimens for lab analysis at the museum.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

According to Zachary Frankel, of the Utah Rivers Council, diversion of the Bear River, effectively the last major water source for the Great Salt Lake, would ensure its total desiccation.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2022

In September, the board authorized funds for a pilot cloud seeding project in the Bear River Basin in southeastern Idaho this winter.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021

Reggie, in a shirt and tie, standing next to a metal folding chair, shouted defensive instructions to five scrawny-armed sophomores of the Bear River Bears, Reggie’s former high school team.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel