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PRONUNCIATION OF WIND RIVER RANGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIND RIVER RANGE

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WHAT DOES WIND RIVER RANGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wind River Range

Wind River Range

The Wind River Range, is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States. The range runs roughly NW-SE for approximately 100 miles. The Continental Divide follows the crest of the range and includes Gannett Peak, which at 13,804 feet, is the highest peak in Wyoming. There are more than 40 other named peaks in excess of 13,000 feet. With the exception of the Grand Teton in the Teton Range, the next 19 highest peaks in Wyoming after Gannett are also in the Winds. Two large National Forests including three wilderness areas encompass most of the mountain range. Shoshone National Forest is on the eastern side of the continental divide while Bridger-Teton National Forest is on the west. Both National Forests and the entire mountain range are an integral part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Portions of the range are also inside the Wind River Indian Reservation.

Definition of Wind River Range in the English dictionary

The definition of Wind River Range in the dictionary is a mountain range in W Wyoming: one of the highest ranges of the central Rockies. Highest peak: Gannet Peak, 4202 m.

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIND RIVER RANGE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE WIND RIVER RANGE

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Flinders Range
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Pennine Range
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Teton Range
Vindhya Range
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Synonyms and antonyms of Wind River Range in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

风河范围
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Viento gama del río
570 millions of speakers

English

Wind River Range
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पवन नदी रेंज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الرياح نهر المدى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Wind River Диапазон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Wind River
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Translator English - Bengali

বন্যা নদী বিন্যাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Vent River Range
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wind River Range
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wind River Range
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ウインドリバーの範囲
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Translator English - Korean

윈드 리버 범위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wind River Range
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Wind River độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காற்று ரிவர் ரேஞ்ச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वारा नदी रेंज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Wind River Range
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Wind River Range
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Translator English - Polish

Zakres Wind River
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Wind River Діапазон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Wind River Range
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Translator English - Greek

Wind River Εύρος
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Wind River Range
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Translator English - Swedish

Wind River Range
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Translator English - Norwegian

Wind River Range
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Wind River Range

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIND RIVER RANGE»

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Climbing and Hiking in the Wind River Mountains, 3rd
More than 200 new climbing routes have been completed in the Wind Rivers since this book was last published in 1994, and this guide is the only comprehensive collection of information available to climbers.
Joe Kelsey, 2013
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Wind River Trails
He has drawn on his vast experience in the Wind Rivers to describe, in this guide book, the trails, routes, wildlife, glaciers, 4,000 lakes and 800 miles of streams in Wyoming’s fabulous two and a quarter million acre Wind River Range.
Finis Mitchell, 1999
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Hiking Wyoming's Wind River Range
This guide also includes tips on safety and hiking with children, elevation charts, photographs, no-trace camping information, and a backcountry equipment checklist.
Ron Adkison, 1996
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Hiking Wyoming's Wind River Range, 2nd
Covering nearly all of the wilderness trails in the Wind River Range and offering suggestions for day hikes, extended trips, and off-trail exploration, this book contains detailed descriptions and maps to get you to the trailheads and help ...
Ron Adkison, Ben Adkison, 2012
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Wyoming's Wind River Range
The state's most stunning mountains: wildlife, weather, and people in them. 149 color photographs.
Joe Kelsey, 1988
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Glacial Recession in Wyoming's Wind River Range
The Wind River Range (WRR), located in western Wyoming, is host to more than 60 glaciers making it the largest concentration of glaciers in the Rocky Mountain region.
Kyle S. Cheesbrough, University of Wyoming. Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, 2007
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Sky's Witness
A naturalist describes the flowering plants, the ways of the animals, the history of the Shoshoni, the effects of the twentieth century on the landscape, and more
C. L. Rawlins, 1994
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Quaternary Geology of the United States: INQUA 2003 Field ...
The Green River glacier on the northwest flank of the Wind River Range advanced to -2250 m (7400 ft.) during the Bull Lake Glaciation (although the ice stream may have been enlarged by ice flowing out of the Gros Ventre Range). Glaciers ...
Don J. Easterbrook, 2003
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Wind River Basin, Wyoming Streamflow Reconstructions
These chronologies when combined with chronologies from the surrounding area were utilized to develop streamflow reconstructions in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming from 1672 AD. Three regression approaches were used to reconstruct streamflow: ...
Thomas J. Watson, 2007
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Wild Wyoming
The Wind River Range is a 120-mile-long anticline, or upfolding of the earths crust. This high and sawbacked stretch of the Continental Divide boasts 48 summits that rise above 13,000 feet, including Gannett Peak, the tallest mountain in ...
Erik Molvar, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIND RIVER RANGE»

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GET OUT: Wind River survival
Not to be confused with the brewing company, the Wind River Range can be accessed by roads around Pinedale or Dubois and stretches a length of about 100 ... «Planet Jackson Hole, Jul 15»
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Flash Flood Watch posted for Wind River Range, Atlantic City …
(Riverton, Wyo.) – A series of slow moving thunderstorms could produce up to one inch of rain in a short amount of time in the area, resulting in flash flood ... «County 10, Jul 15»
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Winter Storm Warning posted for Wind River Mountains East; Up to …
(Riverton, Wyo.) – The National Weather Service has replaced a winter storm watch with a winter storm warning for the east slope of the Wind River Range, ... «County 10, Apr 15»
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NASA Satellite Images Reveal Snow is Melting Earlier in Wind River
(Lander, Wyo.) – A NASA study of the Fremont Basin in the Wind River Range has revealed that the snowmelt season is now ending on average about sixteen ... «Oil City, Apr 15»
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​Snow melting 16 days earlier in Wyoming mountains
The spring snowmelt now comes more than two weeks earlier than it did in the 1970s in Wyoming's Wind River Range, a new study finds. The trend is part of a ... «CBS News, Mar 15»
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Portions of the Wind River Range received one foot of new snow …
(Riverton, Wyo.) – Portions of Fremont and Teton counties and Yellowstone National Park recorded the most snowfall in the latest storm that ended earlier today. «County 10, Mar 15»
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Grizzly Bear-Human Conflicts Rise in Wyoming in 2014
More are being found in the southern Wind River Range, Wyoming Range and Bighorn Basin, creating new human conflicts, he said. As the numbers of grizzly ... «Flathead Beacon, Jan 15»
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Retired biologist hopes to restore bighorn sheep herd
A retired biologist in Lander is proposing bringing bighorn sheep back to Sinks Canyon in the southern Wind River Range. Wildlife biologists say the proposal is ... «Casper Star-Tribune Online, Jan 15»
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East side of Wind River Range recorded most snowfall this week; 3 …
(Riverton, Wyo.) – As expected the Wind River Range received most of this past weekend's snow fall, areas along the east slope of the range also received up to ... «County 10, Dec 14»
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30 years of data show wilderness water pollution
Thirty years of research in the Wind River Range shows that air pollution is killing microorganisms in lakes and changing the alpine ecology despite federal rules ... «WyoFile, Nov 14»

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