Southwestern Wyoming

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Southwestern Wyoming is a sparsely populated region of the state characterized by high desert landscapes, rugged canyons, and significant outdoor recreation areas including major reservoirs and wildlife habitats.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
region of Wyoming ⓘ
borderedBy Colorado ⓘ
Idaho ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
contains Carbon County (southern and western parts) ⓘ
linked to: Carbon County

Lincoln County ⓘ
Sublette County ⓘ
Sweetwater County ⓘ
Uinta County ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 6,000 to over 9,000 feet above sea level ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cold winters ⓘ
elevated plateau ⓘ
high desert landscape ⓘ
rugged canyons ⓘ
semi‑arid climate ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
wide open spaces ⓘ
windy conditions ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity coal mining ⓘ
energy production ⓘ
natural gas extraction ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
trona mining ⓘ
hasLandform Flaming Gorge canyon ⓘ
Great Divide Basin ⓘ
Killpecker Sand Dunes ⓘ
Red Desert ⓘ
Uinta Mountains (northern slopes) ⓘ
linked to: Uinta Mountains

Wyoming Range (southern portion) ⓘ
linked to: Wyoming Range
hasProtectedArea Ashley National Forest (Wyoming portion) ⓘ
Bridger–Teton National Forest (southern parts) ⓘ
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area (Wyoming portion) ⓘ
Medicine Bow–Routt National Forests (western fringe) ⓘ
Red Desert public lands ⓘ
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
hasRiver Bear River ⓘ
Green River ⓘ
Sweetwater River (upper reaches) ⓘ
linked to: Sweetwater River
hasWaterBody Big Sandy Reservoir ⓘ
Flaming Gorge Reservoir ⓘ
Fontenelle Reservoir ⓘ
hasWildlife elk ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ
pronghorn ⓘ
raptors ⓘ
sage‑grouse ⓘ
locatedIn Western United States ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
majorCity Evanston ⓘ
Green River ⓘ
Rock Springs ⓘ
majorTown Kemmerer ⓘ
linked to: Kemmerer, Wyoming

Pinedale ⓘ
linked to: Pinedale, Wyoming

Rawlins (regional association) ⓘ
partOf Wyoming ⓘ
popularFor boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
off‑highway vehicle use ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
traversedBy Interstate 80 ⓘ
U.S. Route 191 ⓘ
U.S. Route 30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flaming Gorge Reservoir → locatedInRegion → Southwestern Wyoming ⓘ
Utah Territory → encompassedPresentDayTerritory → Wyoming (southwestern parts) ⓘ
linked to: Southwestern Wyoming
Superior, Wyoming → isInRegion → southwestern Wyoming ⓘ
subject linked to: Superior
linked to: Southwestern Wyoming
Wamsutter → locatedInRegion → southwestern Wyoming ⓘ
linked to: Southwestern Wyoming