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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wyoming. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
The area was given the name "Flaming Gorge" by John Wesley Powell during his 1869 expedition down the Green River, due to the spectacular, gorgeous red sandstone cliffs that surround this part of the river. [2] The Flaming Gorge reservoir was created by the 1964 construction of the Flaming Gorge Dam across the Green River.
The Cosumnes River is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately 52.5 miles (84.5 km) [ 2 ] into the Central Valley , emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta .
Flaming Gorge Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Wyoming, on the Green River, impounded behind the Flaming Gorge Dam. Construction on the dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. Construction on the dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964.
The following is a list of the fourteen reservoirs, in the United States state of Wyoming, that contain at least 40,000 acre-feet (49 million cubic meters) when at full capacity. In addition to in-stream reservoirs, the list includes enhanced natural lakes , notably Jackson Lake .
In the U.S. state of Wyoming there are about 4,200 lakes (with over 333,000 acres (1,348 km 2) of water) and over 27,000 miles (43,000 km) of fishable streams. [1] There are 78 fish species, 28 of which are game fish (including 9 native species) and 50 are nongame fish (including 40 native species).
River carpsucker: Carpiodes carpio: Catostomidae Yes Roundtail chub: Gila robusta: ... "Wyoming Fishing Network: Species of Fish in Wyoming." Accessed April 27, 2020.
Flaming Gorge can refer to: Flaming Gorge Dam , the dam in northeastern Utah, United States that forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area , a recreation area surrounding the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in northern eastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming in the Western United States