Tensleep Creek
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Tensleep Creek is a stream
that originates in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area in the U.S state of Wyoming
. Lakes that are along the river are Misty Moon, Lake Marion and Lake Helen
. Tensleep Creek is a tributary of the Nowood River
which then flows into the Bighorn River
.
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
that originates in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area in the U.S state of Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
. Lakes that are along the river are Misty Moon, Lake Marion and Lake Helen
Lake Helen (Wyoming)
Lake Helen is a lake in the U.S. state of Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains. It is in the Cloud Peak Wilderness Area and may only be accessed by backpacking or on horse. The elevation of the lake is 9968 feet.-External links:*...
. Tensleep Creek is a tributary of the Nowood River
Nowood River
The Nowood River is a river in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The river rises in the Bridger Mountains on the southeastern side of the Bighorn Basin. The stream runs north through the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains and past the town of Ten Sleep where it is joined by Tensleep Creek...
which then flows into the Bighorn River
Bighorn River
The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately long, in the western United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the Bighorn Sheep he saw along its banks as he explored the Yellowstone River.The upper...
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