Shoshone River
| Shoshone River | |
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 South Fork Shoshone River in Park County, Wyoming, 1923. | |
 Map of the Bighorn River basin including the Shoshone River | |
| Native name | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| Cities | Cody, Wyoming, Powell, Wyoming, Lovell, Wyoming |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Absaroka Range, Wyoming |
| • coordinates | 44°30′04″N 109°11′02″W / 44.50111°N 109.18389°W[2] |
Big Horn River | |
• location | Lovell, Wyoming |
• coordinates | 44°51′44″N 108°12′17″W / 44.86222°N 108.20472°W[2] |
| Length | 100 mi (160 km) |
| Basin size | 2,989 sq mi (7,740 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | below Buffalo Bill Dam |
| • average | 1,037 cu ft/s (29.4 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 59 cu ft/s (1.7 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 17,300 cu ft/s (490 m3/s) |
The Shoshone River is a 100-mile (160 km) long river in northern
fumaroles known as Colter's Hell.[3]
This contributed to the river being named on old maps of Wyoming as the Stinking Water River.
The current name was established in 1901 due to popular demand.[2]
West of Cody the river is impounded in Shoshone Canyon by the
Absaroka Mountains to the vicinity of the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park
, and the South Fork, which originates at the southern end of the Absarokas.
See also
- Mummy Cave, an alcove eroded into a cliff face by the North Fork of the Shoshone that has yielded evidence of 9000 years of occupation
- Shoshonite
References
- ^ "Little Big Horn College Library". Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shoshone River, USGS GNIS
- ^ a b Mattes, Merrill J. (1962). "Chapter IV: "Colter's Hell": A Case of Mistaken Identity". Colter's Hell and Jackson's Hole. Yellowstone Association & Grand Teton Natural History Association. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
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