Bighorn River

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The Bighorn River is a major tributary of the Yellowstone River in Wyoming and Montana, renowned for its deep canyons, tailwater trout fisheries, and scenic recreation areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crosses Bighorn Basin ⓘ
flowsThrough Big Horn County, Montana ⓘ
Bighorn Canyon ⓘ
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area ⓘ
Bighorn County, Wyoming ⓘ
Fremont County, Wyoming ⓘ
Hot Springs County, Wyoming ⓘ
Park County, Wyoming ⓘ
Washakie County, Wyoming ⓘ
formsBoundaryOf Crow Indian Reservation ⓘ
hasDam Yellowtail Dam ⓘ
hasFishSpecies brown trout ⓘ
cutthroat trout ⓘ
rainbow trout ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Greybull River ⓘ
Little Bighorn River ⓘ
Nowood River ⓘ
Rosebud Creek ⓘ
Shoshone River ⓘ
Tongue River ⓘ
Wind River ⓘ
hasReservoir Bighorn Lake ⓘ
hasSectionType tailwater fishery below Yellowtail Dam ⓘ
knownFor boating and rafting ⓘ
camping opportunities ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ
fly fishing ⓘ
scenic recreation areas ⓘ
tailwater trout fisheries ⓘ
length approximately 461 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Montana ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
mouthLocation Yellowstone River near Bighorn, Montana ⓘ
linked to: Yellowstone River
nameOrigin named after bighorn sheep ⓘ
partOf Mississippi River basin ⓘ
Missouri River watershed ⓘ
partOfProtectedArea Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area ⓘ
passesNear Fort Smith, Montana ⓘ
Lovell, Wyoming ⓘ
Thermopolis, Wyoming ⓘ
region Northern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
sourceLocation Wind River Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Wind River Range

west-central Wyoming ⓘ
tributaryOf Yellowstone River ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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

Yellowtail Reservoir → locatedOnRiver → Bighorn River ⓘ
Yellowtail Reservoir → watercourse → Bighorn River ⓘ
Yellowtail Reservoir → inflow → Bighorn River ⓘ
Yellowtail Reservoir → outflow → Bighorn River ⓘ
Yellowtail Dam → locatedOnRiver → Bighorn River ⓘ
Yellowtail Dam → crosses → Bighorn River ⓘ
Absaroka Range → drainage → Bighorn River basin ⓘ
linked to: Bighorn River
Fort C. F. Smith → locatedNear → Bighorn River ⓘ
Yellowstone River → hasMajorTributary → Bighorn River ⓘ
Crow Agency, Montana → locatedNear → Little Bighorn River ⓘ
linked to: Bighorn River
Crow Indian Reservation → traverseBy → Bighorn River ⓘ
Bighorn Basin → drainedBy → Bighorn River ⓘ
Shoshone River → mouthOf → Bighorn River ⓘ
Shoshone River → flowsInto → Bighorn River ⓘ
Bighorn Mountains → drainedBy → Bighorn River ⓘ
Bighorn Canyon → river → Bighorn River ⓘ
Bighorn Canyon → formedBy → Bighorn River ⓘ
Big Horn County, Montana → namedAfter → Bighorn River ⓘ
Big Horn County, Montana → traversedBy → Bighorn River ⓘ
Fort Smith, Montana → near → Bighorn River ⓘ
Bighorn Lake → locatedOnRiver → Bighorn River ⓘ
Bighorn Lake → primaryInflow → Bighorn River ⓘ
Bighorn Lake → primaryOutflow → Bighorn River ⓘ
Bighorn Lake → partOf → Bighorn River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Bighorn River
Big Horn County, Wyoming → namedAfter → Bighorn River ⓘ
Big Horn County, Wyoming → contains → Bighorn River ⓘ
Greybull, Wyoming → hasPrimaryRiver → Bighorn River ⓘ
Thermopolis, Wyoming → traversedByRiver → Bighorn River ⓘ
Wind River (Wyoming) → tributaryOf → Bighorn River ⓘ
subject linked to: Wind River
Wind River (Wyoming) → mouthLocatedIn → Bighorn River ⓘ
subject linked to: Wind River
Wind River (Wyoming) → isUpperCourseNameOf → Bighorn River ⓘ
subject linked to: Wind River
Wind River (Wyoming) → riverSystem → Bighorn River system ⓘ
subject linked to: Wind River
linked to: Bighorn River
Wind River (Wyoming) → isImportantTributaryOf → Bighorn River ⓘ
subject linked to: Wind River
Hot Springs County, Wyoming → hasRiver → Bighorn River ⓘ
Hardin, Montana → riverNearby → Bighorn River ⓘ
Crow Reservation → traversedBy → Bighorn River ⓘ
Crow Tribe of Montana → historicalTerritory → Bighorn River basin ⓘ
linked to: Bighorn River
Basin, Wyoming → locatedOnRiver → Bighorn River ⓘ
Shoshone Canyon → drainsInto → Bighorn River (via Shoshone River) ⓘ
linked to: Bighorn River
Apsáalooke Reservation → borderedBy → Bighorn River ⓘ
Owl Creek Mountains → crossedBy → Bighorn River ⓘ
Owl Creek Mountains → drainedBy → Bighorn River ⓘ