Bighorn Basin
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The Bighorn Basin is a broad intermontane basin in north-central Wyoming and south-central Montana, known for its rich fossil beds, energy resources, and surrounding mountain ranges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bighorn Basin canonical | 4 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
intermontane basin ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Montana
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Montana
Wyoming ⓘ
surface form:
State of Wyoming
|
| contains |
Bighorn Basin Paleontological Institute dig sites
ⓘ
Powder River Basin margin ⓘ Shoshone Canyon ⓘ
surface form:
Wind River Canyon outlet area
Yellowstone River tributary headwaters region ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| drainedBy |
Bighorn River
ⓘ
Nowood River ⓘ Shoshone River ⓘ |
| hasCity |
Basin, Wyoming
ⓘ
Bridger, Montana ⓘ Cody, Wyoming, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Cody, Wyoming
Greybull, Wyoming ⓘ Lovell, Montana ⓘ Lovell, Wyoming ⓘ Thermopolis, Wyoming ⓘ Worland, Wyoming ⓘ |
| hasClimate | semiarid climate ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ irrigated farming ⓘ natural gas production ⓘ oil production ⓘ ranching ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalFeature |
Cenozoic strata
ⓘ
Laramide structural basin ⓘ Mesozoic strata ⓘ thick sedimentary rock sequence ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
private ranchlands
ⓘ
public lands ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea |
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area vicinity
ⓘ
nearby Yellowstone National Park region ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum record
ⓘ
coal deposits ⓘ dinosaur fossils ⓘ mammal fossils ⓘ natural gas resources ⓘ petroleum resources ⓘ rich fossil beds ⓘ trona deposits ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
north-central Wyoming
ⓘ
south-central Montana ⓘ |
| partOf |
Rocky Mountain region
ⓘ
surface form:
Rocky Mountains region
|
| surroundedBy |
Absaroka Range
ⓘ
Beartooth Mountains ⓘ Bighorn Mountains ⓘ Owl Creek Mountains ⓘ Pryor Mountains ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cody, Wyoming