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The Big Sandy River (also called Big Sandy Creek) is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the
Green River in
Wyoming
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in the
United States
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.
Course
It rises in eastern
Sublette County
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, on the west side of the
continental divide
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in the southern
Wind River Range
The Wind River Range (or "Winds" for short) is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States. The range runs roughly NW–SE for approximately . The Continental Divide follows the crest of the range and in ...
, in the
Bridger Wilderness Area of the
Bridger-Teton National Forest.
It flows south, southwest, southeast, then southwest, past the town of
Farson and joins the Green in western
Sweetwater County
Sweetwater County is a county in southwestern Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 42,272, making it the fourth-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Green River. By area, it is the la ...
.
Above Farson, it is dammed to form the
Big Sandy Reservoir
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* Big, of great size or degree
Film and television
* ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks
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See also
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List of Wyoming rivers
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List of tributaries of the Colorado River
The principal tributaries of the Colorado River of North America are the Gila River, the San Juan River, the Green River, and the Gunnison River.
Tributary tree
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References
External links
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Rivers of Wyoming
Tributaries of the Green River (Colorado River tributary)
Tributaries of the Colorado River in Wyoming
Rivers of Sublette County, Wyoming
Rivers of Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Bridger–Teton National Forest
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