Wind River (Wyoming)
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 Wind River below the Boysen Reservoir |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1604544 | |
| location | Wyoming (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Bighorn River → Yellowstone → Missouri → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico | |
| Headwaters | at Togwotee Pass , in the Wind River Range 43 ° 44 ′ 50 ″ N , 110 ° 4 ′ 27 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 2930 m | |
| Renaming point |
Wedding of the Waters , below it the river is called Bighorn River Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′ 50 ″ N , 110 ° 4 ′ 27 ″ W 43 ° 44 ′ 50 ″ N , 110 ° 4 ′ 27 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | 1330 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1600 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 5.4 ‰ | |
| length | 298 km | |
| Catchment area | 20,021 km² | |
| Discharge at the gauge below Boysen Reservoir A Eo : 19,937 km² |
MQ 1952/2015 Mq 1952/2015 |
38 m³ / s 1.9 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Little Wind River | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Boysen Reservoir | |
| Small towns | Riverton | |
| Communities | Dubois | |
 Wind River in the Bighorn River basin |
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The Wind River forms the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in the US state of Wyoming .
It rises at Togwotee Pass in the Wind River Range at an altitude of about 2930 m . It flows in a predominantly easterly direction past the town of Dubois through the Wind River Basin , a semi-arid high valley east of the Rocky Mountains . The US Highway 26 follows the river. At Riverton , the Little Wind River flows into the river from the south. This now turns to the north. It is dammed up from Boysen Dam to a reservoir, the Boysen Reservoir ; both are located in Boysen State Park . Then it flows through the Wind River Canyon and reaches 5 km south of Thermopolis replace Wedding of the Waters , from which the river then the Bighorn River is called.
The Wind River has a length of 298 km. Its catchment area covers 20,021 km². The mean discharge below the Boysen Dam is 38 m³ / s. Much of the course and catchment area of the Wind River lies within the Wind River Indian Reservation .
