Wind River
The Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The Wind River is 185 miles long. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Hot Springs, Fremont, and Teton counties in Wyoming, United States
- Also known as: “Bighorn River”, “Wild River”, “ビッグホーン川”, and “ワイルドリバー”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wedding of the Waters and Thermopolis.
Wedding of the Waters
Locality
Thermopolis is the county seat and most populous town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the town population was 2,725.
Thermopolis
Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thermopolis is a town in Northwest Wyoming, USA, notable for the presence of one of the world's largest hot springs. There were 2,700 people living there in 2020.
East Thermopolis
Village
East Thermopolis is a town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 229 at the 2020 census. East Thermopolis is situated 4½ miles north of Wind River.
Wind River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hot Springs, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Wind River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Wind”
- Catalan: “Riu Wind”
- Catalan: “Wind”
- Cebuano: “Wind River”
- Chinese: “温德河 (怀俄明州)”
- Chinese: “温德河”
- Chinese: “溫德河 (懷俄明州)”
- Chinese: “溫德河”
- Chinese: “風河 (懷俄明州)”
- Chinese: “风河 (怀俄明州)”
- Chinese: “风河”
- Dutch: “Wind River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ويند”
- French: “rivière Wind”
- French: “Rivière Wind”
- French: “Wind River”
- German: “Wind River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Wind”
- Japanese: “ウィンド川”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wind River”
- Norwegian: “Wind River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Wind”
- Portuguese: “Wind River”
- Swedish: “Wind River”
- Venetian: “Wind”
- Welsh: “Afon Wind”
- Western Frisian: “Wind”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wedding of the Waters and Wind River Canyon Spring.
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