The Medicine Bow River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the
North Platte River
The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately long, counting its many curves.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 In a ...
, in southern
Wyoming
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in the
United States
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.
Description
It rises in the
Snowy Range
The Medicine Bow Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains that extend from northern Colorado into southern Wyoming. The northern extent of this range is the sub-range the Snowy Range. From the northern end of Colorado's Never Summer ...
, flowing out of the North Gap Lake, in southeastern
Carbon County. It flows north, past
Elk Mountain, then northeast, then northwest past the town of
Medicine Bow and between the
Shirley Mountains to the north and the Medicine Bow Mountains to the south. Near the town of Medicine Bow the Medicine Bow River is joined by its two largest tributaries,
Rock Creek and the
Little Medicine Bow River. It joins the North Platte in the
Seminoe Reservoir, with the lower of the river forming an arm of the reservoir.
Discharge statistics
See also
*
List of Wyoming rivers
The following is a list of rivers in Wyoming, United States.
East of the continental divide
Missouri River watershed
* Gallatin River
* Madison River
** Firehole River
** Gibbon River
* Yellowstone River
** Gardner River
** Lamar River
*** Slou ...
References
External links
*
Rivers of Wyoming
Tributaries of the North Platte River
Rivers of Carbon County, Wyoming
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