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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 .
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.
Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir , which extends 91 miles (146 km) into southern Wyoming , submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Flaming Gorge has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.The hottest temperature recorded in Flaming Gorge was 102 °F (38.9 °C) on July 14, 2002, while the coldest temperature recorded was −38 °F (−38.9 °C) on January 12, 1963.
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.
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).
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
Henrys Fork is a 61-mile (98 km) long [1] tributary of the Green River in Utah and Wyoming.Originating near Henrys Fork Peak in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, the river flows north into Wyoming, where it turns east, passing Lonetree, Burntfork, and McKinnon.