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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

Covering the Wasatch, Uinta, Bear River and a few lesser mountain ranges in northern Utah, this forest is among the nation's busiest for recreation.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2024

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

Senate President Stuart Adams and Sen. Jerry Stevenson said Wednesday that the budget did not include provisions funding dams along northern Utah’s Bear River.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022

It was room 157 at Bear River High School—coincidentally, the room that Reggie had taken his driver’s education class in during his sophomore year.

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

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