Rock Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed March 21, 2011 river in the south central part of the
U.S. state
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of
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
. It empties into the
Medicine Bow River
The Medicine Bow River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 tributary of the North Platte River, in southern Wyoming in the United States.
Description
It ...
. The drainage basin of Rock Creek starts high on the north side of 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 ...
. At the northern base of the range, Rock Creek runs through the town of
Arlington and continues on through McFadden and Rock River. From there Rock Creek runs primarily northeasterly before turning to the northwest and meeting with the Medicine Bow River just north of the town of
Medicine Bow.
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
Rivers of Wyoming
Rivers of Carbon County, Wyoming
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