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Big Horn Basin geologic map Big Horn Basin structural map Big Horn Basin stratigraphy. The Bighorn Basin forms a geologic structural basin filled with more than 20,000 feet (6,100 m) of sedimentary rocks from Cambrian to Miocene in age. Since the early 20th century the basin has been a significant source of petroleum, and has produced more than ...
Topographic map of the western United States (and part of Canada) showing the Bighorn Basin (highlighted in orange), formed by the Laramide Orogeny In the United States, these distinctive intermontane basins occur principally in the central Rocky Mountains from Colorado and Utah ( Uinta Basin ) to Montana and are best developed in Wyoming ...
The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately 461 miles (742 km) long, in the states of Wyoming and Montana in the western United States. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the bighorn sheep he saw along its banks as he explored the Yellowstone.
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America. The Gunnison River in the Black Canyon. This is a list of drainage basins in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado encompasses the headwaters of several important rivers.
The Cloverly Formation is a geological formation of Early and Late Cretaceous age (Valanginian to Cenomanian stage) that is present in parts of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah in the western United States. It was named for a post office on the eastern side of the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming by N.H. Darton in 1904.
“When I put the results on a map, the first thing I saw was the Colorado River Basin,” said Samantha Kuzma, the nonprofit group’s data lead for the assessment, called the Aqueduct Water Risk ...
The Bighorn National Forest was established as the Big Horn National Forest on 22 February 1897, and encompasses 1,198,080 acres. On 1 July 1908 the name was changed to the Bighorn National Forest through an executive order. In September 1981 the national forest had 1,115,171 acres, with 1,107,670 of those acres being National Forest land. [7]
Basin: Newspaper office with vintage equipment, active 1924–1974 printing the continuation of the Bighorn Basin's first newspaper, established in 1889 by Joseph Newton DeBarthe—a key record of local history. [7] 4: Bear Creek Ranch Medicine Wheel: May 4, 1987 : Address restricted [8] Greybull vicinity: 5: Big Horn Academy Historic District