The Powder River Basin is a geologic structural basin in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about 120 miles east to west and 200 miles north to south, known for its extensive coal reserves. The
Powder River Basin and surrounding uplifts (US Geological Survey)
Northeast view of the mile wide Decker coal mine and the Tongue River in the Powder River Basin, southeastern Montana.
The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, approximately 265 mi long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. The Tongue rises in Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains, flows generally n