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The Bighorn River is a tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Yellowstone
Yellowstone River

The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately , in the western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, the river and its tributaries drain a wide area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park across the mountains and Great Plains of southe...
, approximately 461 mi (742 km) long, in the western United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in the states of Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
 and Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
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The upper reaches of the Bighorn, south of the Owl Creek Mountains
Owl Creek Mountains

The Owl Creek Mountains are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains in central Wyoming in the United States, running east to west to form a bridge between the Absaroka Range to the northwest and the Bridger Mountains to the east....
 in Wyoming, are known as the Wind River
Wind River (Wyoming)

The Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn....
. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn. The Wind River officially becomes the Bighorn River at the Wedding of the Waters, on the north side of the Wind River Canyon near the town of Thermopolis
Thermopolis, Wyoming

Thermopolis is a town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, Wyoming, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the town population was 3,172....
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The Bighorn River is a tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Yellowstone
Yellowstone River

The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately , in the western United States. Considered the principal tributary of the upper Missouri, the river and its tributaries drain a wide area stretching from the Rocky Mountains in the vicinity of the Yellowstone National Park across the mountains and Great Plains of southe...
, approximately 461 mi (742 km) long, in the western United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 in the states of Wyoming
Wyoming

The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
 and Montana
Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
.

The upper reaches of the Bighorn, south of the Owl Creek Mountains
Owl Creek Mountains

The Owl Creek Mountains are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains in central Wyoming in the United States, running east to west to form a bridge between the Absaroka Range to the northwest and the Bridger Mountains to the east....
 in Wyoming, are known as the Wind River
Wind River (Wyoming)

The Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn....
. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn. The Wind River officially becomes the Bighorn River at the Wedding of the Waters, on the north side of the Wind River Canyon near the town of Thermopolis
Thermopolis, Wyoming

Thermopolis is a town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, Wyoming, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the town population was 3,172....
. From there, it flows through the Bighorn Basin
Bighorn Basin

The Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles wide, in north-central Wyoming in the United States. It is bounded by the Absaroka Range on the west, the Bighorn Mountains on the east, and the Owl Creek Mountains and Bridger Mountains on the south....
 in North Central Wyoming, passing through Thermopolis and Hot Spring State Park.

At the border with Montana, the river turns northeast, and flows past the north end of the Bighorns, through the Crow Indian Reservation, where the Yellowtail Dam
Yellowtail Dam

Yellowtail Dam in Southern Montana, USA is one of two dams on the Big Horn River. It was completed in 1965. The dam creates the Big Horn Reservoir which is mostly in Wyoming....
 forms the reservoir Bighorn Lake
Bighorn Lake

Bighorn Lake is a reservoir in the United States located in Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area....
. The reservoir and the surrounding gorge are part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, following the construction of the Yellowtail Dam by the Bureau of Reclamation....
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It is joined by the Little Bighorn River
Little Bighorn River

The Little Bighorn River is a tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana. The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought along its banks in 1876....
 near the town of Hardin, Montana
Hardin, Montana

Hardin is a city in and the county seat of Big Horn County, Montana, Montana, United States. The population was 3,384 at the 2000 United States Census....
. Approximately fifty miles further downriver, it joins the Yellowstone.

See also

  • List of Wyoming rivers
    List of Wyoming rivers

    The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States....
  • List of rivers of Montana
  • Montana Stream Access Law
    Montana Stream Access Law

    The Montana Stream Access Law says that anglers and Canoeing have full use of most of the rivers in Montana for fishing and floating, along with swimming and other river related activities....


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