Shoshone River
| Shoshone River | ||
 The Shoshone River between Cody and Yellowstone Park |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1594293 | |
| location | Wyoming , USA | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Bighorn → Yellowstone → Missouri → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico | |
| origin | The confluence of the North and South Fork in Buffalo Bill Reservoir 44 ° 30 ′ 4 ″ N , 109 ° 11 ′ 2 ″ W |
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| muzzle | at Lovell in Bighorn Lake Coordinates: 44 ° 51 ′ 44 " N , 108 ° 12 ′ 17" W 44 ° 51 ′ 44 " N , 108 ° 12 ′ 17" W.
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| length | 160 km | |
| North Fork Shoshone River | ||
| Water code | US : 1604438 | |
| location | Wyoming , USA | |
| source |
Absaroka Range at Yellowstone National Park 44 ° 38 ′ 14 ″ N , 109 ° 46 ′ 29 ″ W |
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| muzzle | into Buffalo Bill Reservoir 44 ° 29 ′ 2 ″ N , 109 ° 18 ′ 53 ″ W.
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| South Fork Shoshone River | ||
| Water code | US : 1603172 | |
| location | Wyoming , USA | |
| source | South end of the Absaroka Range 43 ° 49 ′ 19 ″ N , 109 ° 49 ′ 26 ″ W |
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| muzzle | into Buffalo Bill Reservoir 44 ° 26 ′ 39 ″ N , 109 ° 14 ′ 16 ″ W.
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The Shoshone River is a 160 km (100 miles ) long river in northern Wyoming in the United States . Its headwaters arise in the Absaroka Range in the Shoshone National Forest . Near Lovell , Wyoming, it flows into the Bighorn River , in the southern part of the Bighorn Lake dammed up by the Yellowtail Dam . In its course the Shoshone River passes through the city ( city's ) Cody , Powell , Byron and Lovell. Near Cody, it flows through a volcanically active area with fumaroles called Colter's Hell . This contributed to the river being referred to as the Stinking Water River in old maps of Wyoming . The current name was decided in 1901 on public request.
To the west of Cody, the river in Shoshone Canyon is dammed by the Buffalo Bill Dam , which was built as part of the Shoshone Project , one of the first hydraulic engineering projects in the United States. A number of hot springs along the old course of the river went under in the reservoir. The two headwaters of the Shoshone converge in the Buffalo Bill Reservoir: the North Fork, which comes through a long canyon from the Absaroka Range, near the eastern entrance to Yellowstone National Park , and the South Fork Shoshone River, which runs at the southern end of the Absarokas arises.
See also
- Mummy Cave , a niche dug into a steep wall by the North Fork des Shoshone, in which 9000 year old traces of settlement have been found
supporting documents
- ^ A b Merrill J. Mattes: Chapter IV: "Colter's Hell": A Case of Mistaken Identity . In: Colter's Hell and Jackson's Hole . Yellowstone Association & Grand Teton Natural History Association. 1962. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
- ^ Shoshone River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
