The Cannonball River () is a tributary of the

Missouri River The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun ...

, approximately long, in southwestern

North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

in the

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. It rises in the

Little Missouri National Grassland Little Missouri National Grassland is a National Grassland located in western North Dakota, United States. At , it is the largest grassland in the country. Enclaved within its borders is Theodore Roosevelt National Park with an additional , whic ...

, in the

badlands Badlands are a type of dry terrain where softer sedimentary rocks and clay-rich soils have been extensively eroded."Badlands" in '' Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 47. They are characterized by steep slopes, ...

north of Amidon in northern Slope County. It flows ESE past

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, Mott, and Burt. It is joined by Cedar Creek approximately southwest of Shields and flows northeast, past Shields, forming the northern border of Sioux County and the

Standing Rock Sioux Reservation The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota controls the Standing Rock Reservation (), which straddles the border between North and South Dakota in the United States, and is inhabited by ethnic " Hunkpapa and Sihasapa bands of Lak ...

. It joins the Missouri in Lake Oahe near Cannon Ball. The cannonball concretions found in the vicinity of this river are the source of its name.

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Rivers of North Dakota Tributaries of the Missouri River Bodies of water of Slope County, North Dakota Bodies of water of Sioux County, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-river-stub

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