Big Sandy River (Wyoming)
Encyclopedia
The Big Sandy River is a 141 miles (226.9 km) tributary of the Green River
in Wyoming
in the United States
.
It rises in eastern Sublette County, on the west side of the continental divide
in the southern Wind River Range
, in the Bridger Wilderness Area
. It flows south, southwest, southeast, then southwest, past the town of Farson
and joins the Green in western Sweetwater County.
Above Farson, it is dammed to form the Big Sandy Reservoir.
Green River (Utah)
The Green River, located in the western United States, is the chief tributary of the Colorado River. The watershed of the river, known as the Green River Basin, covers parts of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. The Green River is long, beginning in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming and flowing...
in 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...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
It rises in eastern Sublette County, on the west side of the continental divide
Continental divide
A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea...
in the southern Wind River Range
Wind River Range
The Wind River Range , is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States. The range runs roughly NW-SE for approximately 100 miles . The Continental Divide follows the crest of the range and includes Gannett Peak, which at 13,804 feet , is the highest peak...
, in the Bridger Wilderness Area
Bridger Wilderness
The Bridger Wilderness is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, United States. Originally established in 1931 as a primitive area, the 428,169 acre region was redesignated as a wilderness in 1964 and expanded to the current size in 1984...
. It flows south, southwest, southeast, then southwest, past the town of Farson
Farson, Wyoming
Farson is a census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 242 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Farson is located at ....
and joins the Green in western Sweetwater County.
Above Farson, it is dammed to form the Big Sandy Reservoir.