| Wind River Wild River, Bighorn River | |
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 Wind River Canyon downstream from Boysen Dam | |
 The Wind-Bighorn rivers | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| Cities | Dubois,Crowheart,Johnstown,Riverton |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Two Ocean Mountain |
| • location | Wind River Range,Teton County |
| • coordinates | 43°44′50″N110°04′27″W / 43.74722°N 110.07417°W /43.74722; -110.07417[1] |
| • elevation | 9,760 ft (2,970 m) |
| Mouth | Bighorn River |
• location | Wedding of the Waters,Hot Springs County |
• coordinates | 43°34′52″N108°12′44″W / 43.58111°N 108.21222°W /43.58111; -108.21222[1] |
• elevation | 4,472 ft (1,363 m) |
| Length | 185 mi (298 km) |
| Basin size | 7,730 sq mi (20,000 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | belowBoysen Dam[2] |
| • average | 1,357 cu ft/s (38.4 m3/s)[2] |
| • minimum | 4.7 cu ft/s (0.13 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 28,700 cu ft/s (810 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | East Fork Wind River |
| • right | Dinwoody Creek, Bull Lake Creek,Little Wind River |
TheWind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of theBighorn River inWyoming in theUnited States. The Wind River is 185 miles (298 km)[3] long. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn.
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Its headwaters are at Wind River Lake in theRocky Mountains, near the summit ofTogwotee Pass (pronounced TOH-guh-tee) and gathers water from several forks along the northeast side of theWind River Range in west central Wyoming. It flows southeastward, across theWind River Basin and theWind River Indian Reservation and joins theLittle Wind River nearRiverton. Up stream from this confluence, it is known locally as the Big Wind River. It flows northward, through a gap in theOwl Creek Mountains, where the name of the river becomes the Bighorn River. In the Owl Creek Mountains, it isdammed to formBoysen Reservoir. The Wind River officially becomes the Bighorn River at theWedding of the Waters, on the north side of the Wind River Canyon.
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