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A map of the counties and capital city of Wyoming. The U.S. state of Wyoming lies in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States and has a varied geography. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south.
The plan is partly designed to start assessing the necessary steps required to keep up with the natural changes in the climate, environment, and ecosystems. According to the plan, predictions gathered in 2007 by a panel on climate change deem average air temperatures to change in North America by 1-3 °C between the years 2010 and 2039. [9]
In 1924, Wyoming was the first state to elect a female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, who took office in January 1925. [29] Due to its civil-rights history, one of Wyoming's state nicknames is "The Equality State", and the official state motto is "Equal Rights". [1] Wyoming's constitution also included a pioneering article on water rights. [30]
Wyoming – U.S. state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains , while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High Plains .
Map of the United States with Wyoming highlighted. Wyoming is a state in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, Wyoming is the least populous state with 576,851 inhabitants but the 9th largest by land area spanning 97,093.14 square miles (251,470.1 km 2) of land. [1]
According to the United States Board on Geographic Names, there are at least 109 named mountain ranges and sub-ranges in Wyoming. Wyoming / w aɪ ˈ oʊ m ɪ ŋ / ⓘ is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. Wyoming is the 10th most extensive, but the least populous and the 2nd least densely populated of the 50 United States.
Sweetwater River (a tributary of the North Platte River), which flows through the state. (Original name, Carter County, named for sutler William Alexander Carter.) [10] 41,249: 10,426 sq mi (27,003 km 2) Teton County: 039: Jackson: 1921: Part of Lincoln County. Teton Range, a small mountain range of the Rocky Mountains at the Wyoming–Idaho ...
On a per-person basis, Wyoming emits more carbon dioxide than any other state or any other country: 276,000 pounds (125,000 kg) of it per capita a year, because of burning coal, which provides nearly all of the state's electrical power. [1] Over the last century, the average temperature in Laramie, Wyoming, has increased 1.5 °F (0.8 °C). [2]