Parts of it are, most of this river is outside the NP.
The part that IS within the Park, makes the naming of this river obvious.
Yellowstone river
None. Actually, part of Yellowstone Park is in Idaho.
The park is located mainly in northwestern Wyoming but small sections of the park lie in Montana and Idaho. The park is located in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the headwaters of the Yellowstone River, and Yellowstone Caldera.
No, it is named after the Yellowstone River, a tributary of the Missouri.
There is the Yellowstone River, which is greatly involved with Yellowstone National Park.
275 miles to Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. The name actually derives from the Yellowstone River which flows some 670 miles from the heart of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming to the Montana/North Dakota border.
The Yellowstone river cuts trough the grand canyon creating two large waterfalls
You're probably asking about the Snake River.
Yes. Chief Joseph was in Yellowstone National Park. I believe he traveled there after the Battle of the Big Hole and then went North East. He crossed the Yellowstone River headed North in Yellowstone County Montana, West of Billings.
Grand Canyon National Park is located in Arizona. It is formed by the Colorado River. However, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is located in Wyoming. It is made by the Yellowstone River and is located in Yellowstone National Park.
The name "Yellowstone" comes from the Native American Minnetaree tribe's word for the rocks along the Yellowstone River ("Mi tsi a da zi" which translates as "Rock Yellow River") several hundred miles downstream from the national park in eastern Montana. The rocks are brownish-yellow but are otherwise not similar to the brown travertine common in the park.