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    • Utah Watershed Contact List
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    • Final Project Reports
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  • Outreach
    • Education & Information Ideas
    • Small Acreage Farms
  • NPS Pollution
    • What is nonpoint source pollution?
    • Management of Utah's NPS Pollution
    • Best Management Practices
    • Assessment and Monitoring
    • The Status of Utah's Waterbodies
  • Find Your Watershed
    • Bear River Watershed
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    • Utah Lake / Jordan River Watershed
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    • Western Colorado Watershed
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    • Cedar/Beaver Watershed
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Bear River Watershed
​interesting facts

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South Fork Little Bear River
Bear River
  • Bear River is the largest tributary to the Great Salt Lake, and is the largest stream in the west that does not empty into the ocean.
  • It is approximately 491 miles long. It discharges 1.2 million acre feet of water per year into the Great Salt Lake. That is the equivalent of  198 billion basketballs! 
  • Bear River crosses the Utah border 5 times before draining into the Great Salt Lake. 
Bear Lake
  • Bear lake is a large freshwater lake located on the Utah/Idaho border.
  • It is 32 km long and 8-12 km wide with a max depth at 63 m and an average depth of 30 m.
  • It was formed approximately 100,000 years ago.
  • It is used as a source of water storage and recreation.
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Bear Lake
Land Cover
  • Urban  0.4%
  • Rangeland 60%
  • Agriculture  19%
  • Forest 15%
  • Other 6%
Land Ownership
BLM 15%
Forest Service 22%
Private 55%
State 6%
Other 3%
Counties in this watershed
  • Cache 
  • Box Elder
  • Rich 
  • Summit 
Sub-watersheds
  • Lower Bear-Malad (southern portion)
  • Middle Bear (southern portion)
  • Bear Lake (southern potion)
  • Little Bear-Logan
  • Upper Bear (western half)
  • Central Bear (small southern portion)

Utah Division of Water Quality

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