The Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The Wind River is 185 miles (298 km)[3] long. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn.
Course
Its headwaters are at Wind River Lake in the Rocky Mountains, near the summit of Togwotee Pass (pronounced TOH-guh-tee) and gathers water from several forks along the northeast side of the Wind River Range in west central Wyoming. It flows southeastward, across the Wind River Basin and the Wind River Indian Reservation and joins the Little Wind River near Riverton. Up stream from this confluence, it is known locally as the Big Wind River. It flows northward, through a gap in the Owl Creek Mountains, where the name of the river becomes the Bighorn River. In the Owl Creek Mountains, it is dammed to form Boysen Reservoir. The Wind River officially becomes the Bighorn River at the Wedding of the Waters, on the north side of the Wind River Canyon.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Wind River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-06-05. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ a b "USGS Gage #06259000 on the Wind River below Boysen Reservoir, WY" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
External links
- Wyoming State Water Plan: Wind/Bighorn Rivers
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Wind/Bighorn River Drainage
- Wind River History
- Wind River Info
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wind River
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