The Greys River is a tributary of the

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, flowing through western

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in the

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. The river is about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed May 4, 2011 starting high up in the Wyoming Range, south of the town of

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in Lincoln County. The river eventually flows into the Snake River in the Snake River Canyon, joining it just east of Alpine."Greys River." ''

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'', 3rd ed. 2001. () Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc., p. 450. The Greys River is generally a rushing mountain stream that separates the high Wyoming Range (east) from the

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(west). It joins the Snake River just above the intersection of U.S. highways 89 and 26. Just a short distance downriver from the confluence of the two rivers, the Snake widens quickly and passes through Alpine and enters the

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. The largest tributary of the Greys River is the

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. At Alpine, Wyoming, the Greys River measures 654 cubic feet per second average. With a 180 cuft/s min. and a 3,004 max. In 1997, Greys River hosted the second round of the

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US EPA watershed info
Rivers of Wyoming Tributaries of the Snake River Rivers of Lincoln County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-river-stub