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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bighorn River canonical 13
Bighorn River basin 1
Little Bighorn River 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
basinCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses Bighorn Basin NERFINISHED
flowsThrough Big Horn County, Montana NERFINISHED
Bighorn Canyon NERFINISHED
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area NERFINISHED
Bighorn County, Wyoming NERFINISHED
Fremont County, Wyoming NERFINISHED
Hot Springs County, Wyoming NERFINISHED
Park County, Wyoming NERFINISHED
Washakie County, Wyoming NERFINISHED
formsBoundaryOf Crow Indian Reservation NERFINISHED
hasDam Yellowtail Dam NERFINISHED
hasFishSpecies brown trout
cutthroat trout
rainbow trout
hasMajorTributary Greybull River NERFINISHED
Little Bighorn River NERFINISHED
Nowood River NERFINISHED
Rosebud Creek NERFINISHED
Shoshone River NERFINISHED
Tongue River NERFINISHED
Wind River NERFINISHED
hasReservoir Bighorn Lake NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
nameOrigin named after bighorn sheep
partOf Mississippi River basin NERFINISHED
Missouri River watershed NERFINISHED
partOfProtectedArea Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area NERFINISHED
passesNear Fort Smith, Montana NERFINISHED
Lovell, Wyoming NERFINISHED
Thermopolis, Wyoming NERFINISHED
region Northern Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED
sourceLocation Wind River Mountains NERFINISHED
west-central Wyoming
tributaryOf Yellowstone River NERFINISHED
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
this entity surface form: Bighorn River basin
Fort C. F. Smith locatedNear Bighorn River
Yellowstone River hasMajorTributary Bighorn River
Crow Agency, Montana locatedNear Bighorn River
this entity surface form: Little Bighorn River
Crow Indian Reservation traverseBy Bighorn River
Bighorn Basin drainedBy Bighorn River
Shoshone River mouthOf Bighorn River
Shoshone River flowsInto Bighorn River