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Weber River

American  
[wee-ber] / ˈwi bər /

noun

  1. a river in N Utah, flowing NW, joining the Ogden River and continuing into the Great Salt Lake. 125 miles (200 km) long.


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The town sits beside the Weber River, and its water and other mountain springs irrigated farmland and supported dairies that once speckled the valley.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

As the cañon—which is more than twenty miles long—approaches the Weber River, it dwindles in width from five or six hundred yards to as many feet.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various

The train leaving Salt Lake and Ogden Station went on northwards as far as Weber River, about nine hundred miles from San Francisco; from this point it turned to the west across the Wahsatch range.

From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules

The train, on leaving Great Salt Lake at Ogden, passed northward for an hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles from San Francisco.

From Around the World in 80 Days by Verne, Jules

They reached Weber River near the head of the well-known Weber Canyon.

From History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra by McGlashan, C. F. (Charles Fayette)

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