Big Sandy River
The Big Sandy River is a 141-mile-long tributary of the Green River in Wyoming in the United States.
Photo: G. Thomas, Public domain.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Sweetwater, Lincoln, and Sublette counties in Wyoming, United States
- Also known as: “Big Sandy Creek”, “Rio Big Sandy (Wyoming)”, and “Sandy Creek”
Big Sandy River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Sweetwater County, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.85051° or 41° 51′ 2″ north
Longitude
-109.78236° or 109° 46′ 57″ west
Elevation
6,260 feet (1,908 metres)
Open location code
85HGV629+63
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Big Sandy River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Big Sandy”
- Catalan: “Big Sandy”
- Cebuano: “Big Sandy River”
- Chinese: “大桑迪河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ساندى الكبير”
- German: “Big Sandy River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Big Sandy”
- Mingrelian: “ბიგ-სენდი (ვაიომინგი)”
- Mingrelian: “ბიგ-სენდი”
- Spanish: “Río Big Sandy (Wyoming)”
- Spanish: “Río Big Sandy”
- Venetian: “Big Sandy”
- Welsh: “Afon Big Sandy”
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