Bighorn River
The Bighorn River is a short river originating in the Alberta foothills, and is a tributary of the North Saskatchewan River. The river, as well as the nearby Bighorn Range and Bighorn Dam are named for the Bighorn sheep which dominate the area.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bighorn River
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in Alberta, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Bighorn River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bighorn River”
- Dutch: “Bighorn River”
- French: “Rivière Bighorn (Alberta)”
- French: “Rivière Bighorn”
- Irish: “Abhainn Bighorn”
- Polish: “Bighorn”
- Spanish: “río Bighorn”
- Spanish: “Río Bighorn”
- Swedish: “Bighorn River, Alberta”
- Swedish: “Bighorn River”
- Uzbek: “Bighorn daryosi (Alberta)”
- Uzbek: “Bighorn daryosi”
- Welsh: “Afon Bighorn”
- “Bighorn”
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