Taxobox name DesertBighornSheep status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref IUCN2008 assessors sta Bianchet ... The DesertBighornSheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni is a subspecies of BighornSheep that occurs in the desert ... and behavior of DesertBighornSheep generally follow those of other BighornSheep, except for adaptation to the lack of water in the desertbighornsheep can go for extended periods of time without drinking water. Population s of the DesertBighornSheep declined drastically with European ... century. As of 2004, DesertBighornSheep numbers are extremely low, although the overall population ... McCutchen first H.E. chapter DesertBighornSheep editor Stohlgren, T.J. year 1995 title The Interior ... cabeza The typical diet of a desertbighornsheep is mainly grass es, Cyperaceae sedge s and forb s. Citation needed date September 2008 Desert adaptations The desertbighorn has become well adapted to living ... BighornSheep of Cabeza Prieta NWR work Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service accessdate 2007 08 14 ref Southern desertbighornsheep are typically found in small ... Arizona to help preserve the DesertBighornSheep Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and the Kofa ... accessdate 2009 01 18 ref DesertBighornSheep populations have trended upward since the 1960s when ..., including habitat preservation. In 1980 DesertBighornSheep populations were estimated at 8,415 9,040 ... BighornSheep http www.azgfd.gov h f game bighorn.shtml Arizona DesertBighornSheep Includes free video about desertbighornsheep in Arizona DEFAULTSORT BighornSheep, Desert Category Ovis Category ... downloaded 11 May 2006 ref image DesertBighorn Barna Cropped.jpg image width 250px regnum Animal ... olrdocs interior.pdf format PDF ref Characteristics Desertbighorn are stocky, heavy bodied ... the steep, rocky terrain of the desert mountains with speed and agility. Bighorn rely on their keen ... TR BGCOLOR FFFFFF TD COLSPAN 3 HR TD TR TABLE The number of desertbighorn in North America in pristine ... more details
Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada DesertBighornSheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni , occurring throughout ... Ovis canadensis sierrae , Peninsular BighornSheep, a distinct population segment of DesertBighorn ... regions of Canada and the United States . In contrast, the DesertBighornSheep subspecies are indigenous to the hot desert ecosystem s of the Southwestern United States . BighornSheep are highly ... mountain waterholes for the sheep. The DesertBighornSheep is now the official mascot for the Arizona ...Other uses Big Horn disambiguation Taxobox name BighornSheep status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ... Bighornsheep Ovis canadensis .JPG image2 width 180px image2 caption Female Ewe regnum Animal ia ... notes on North American sheep. Bulletin of the AMNH v. 31 , article 1 ref The Bighornsheep ... page title BighornSheep ref Recent genetic testing indicates that there are three distinct subspecies ... America peaked in the millions, and the bighornsheep entered into the mythology of Indigenous peoples ... diverged into two extant species Dall Sheep that occupy Alaska and northwestern Canada, and Bighorn ... www.jstor.org pss 2420858 issue 3 doi 10.2307 2420858 ref Rocky Mountain BighornSheep Ovis canadensis canadensis . Habitat from British Columbia to Arizona . California BighornSheep Ovis canadensis ... Dakota . The definition of this subspecies has been updated see below . Nelson s BighornSheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni , the most common DesertBighornSheep, ranges from California through Arizona. Mexicana BighornSheep Ovis canadensis mexicana , range from Arizona and New Mexico down to Sonora and Chihuahua state Chihuahua . Peninsular BighornSheep Ovis canadensis cremnobates . Habitat the Peninsular Ranges of California and Baja California . Weems BighornSheep Ovis canadensis weemsi . Habitat Baja California. Audubon s BighornSheep Ovis canadensis auduboni . Habitat North and South ... reevaluation of the Peninsular bighorn subpecies journal Trans. DesertBighorn Council volume ... more details
Taxobox name Sierra Nevada BighornSheep status LE status system ESA status ref ref FWS profile name Sierra Nevada Bighornsheep sci Ovis canadensis sierrae spcode A0DS date March 3, 2010 ref image Ovis ... Sierra Nevada BighornSheep Ovis canadensis sierrae is a subspecies of BighornSheep . Early taxonomic ... V.C. Bleich, R.R. Ramey II year 2005 title Correct Nomenclature for Sierra Nevada BighornSheep journal ... bighornsheep inhabit portions of the Sierra Nevada located along the Eastern California eastern boundary ... 14100 ft m . Sierra Nevada bighornsheep inhabit open areas where the land is rocky, sparsely ... degree Ph.D. last Wehausen first J.D. year 1980 title Sierra Nevada bighornsheep history and population ... of Sierra Nevada bighornsheep habitat throughout its range. They prefer open ground to better detect ... of Critical Habitat for the Sierra Nevada BighornSheep Ovis canadensis sierrae and Taxonomic ... Sierra Nevada bighornsheep are gregarious, with group size and composition depending on gender and season. Spatial segregation by gender occurs outside of the mating season. Bighornsheep ewes generally ... Nevada bighornsheep males and females has been observed as 8 to 12 years. ref name fws Bighorn ... growth. ref name fws Species recovery The Sierra Nevada BighornSheep listed as an endangered species ... plan for the Sierra Nevada BighornSheep accessdate 2005 06 13 ref In 1995, these genetically distinct BighornSheep hit a population low of about 100 total individuals, distributed across 5 separate ... reaching about 250 as of 2002. ref cite web url http www.dfg.ca.gov ocal archives bighornsheep jf04.pdf title Sierra Nevada BighornSheep Recovery Report 2003 accessdate 2006 11 17 ref Significant population declines beginning in the late 1980s were associated with the bighornsheep avoiding ... BighornSheep located in northwestern Nevada as of 2004. ref cite web url http www.ndow.org about ... BighornSheep O. c. nelsoni . References reflist DEFAULTSORT BighornSheep, Sierra Nevada Category ... more details
Summary Photo by http andrewbarna.org Andrew Barna . Taken in the Hellhole Canyon in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park . Permission to Creative Commons and upload given over AIM. Licensing cc by sa 2.5 ... more details
Summary Here s a photo I took of a small group of male bighornsheep on Quail Mountain in May 2006. Photo taken about 1.5 miles NE of the summit at an elevation of approximately 5,100 Licensing PD self date May 2006 ... more details
Summary Image DesertBighorn Barna.JPG thumb The original file Cropped. Photo by http andrewbarna.org Andrew Barna . Taken in the Hellhole Canyon in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park . Permission to Creative Commons and upload given over AIM Licensing cc by sa 2.5 ... more details
Orphan date January 2011 Unreferenced type animal date December 2009 Taxobox name Badlands bighorn status EX extinct 1905 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Caprinae genus Ovis species Ovis canadensis O. canadensis subspecies O. c. auduboni trinomial Ovis canadensis auduboni trinomial authority Clinton Hart Merriam Merriam , 1901 The Badlands bighorn Ovis canadensis auduboni is an extinct subspecies of bighornsheep . The last remaining Badlands bighorn were killed in 1905 at Magpie Creek , North Dakota . DEFAULTSORT Badlands Bighorn Category Sheep Category Animals described in 1901 Category Extinct mammals of North America Even toed ungulate stub ... more details
Larocque for the BighornSheep he saw along its banks as he explored the Yellowstone River. ref ... The CQA Four Mile Bridge over Bighorn River image map YellowstoneRiverMap.jpg map size 300px map alt map caption Map of the Yellowstone River watershed with the Bighorn River in the lower middle left origin coord 43 34 51 N 108 12 45 W display inline name Bighorn River ref name gnis mouth coord 46 09 18 N 107 28 28 W display title,inline name Bighorn River ref name gnis cite gnis id 779903 name Bighorn ... Treasure , Big Horn County, Montana Bighorn , and Carbon County, Montana Big Horn County, Wyoming Bighorn , Washakie County, Wyoming Washakie , and Hot Springs County, Wyoming , ref name gnis ref name gnisWY cite gnis id 1597596 name Bighorn River, WY ref progression length convert 461 mi km elevation ... 22885 mi2 km2 river system Yellowstone River left tribs right tribs The Bighorn River is a tributary ... page 22 year 2009 isbn 097591961X ref The upper reaches of the Bighorn, south of the Owl Creek Mountains ... to as the Wind Bighorn. The Wind River officially becomes the Bighorn River at the Wedding of the Waters ... . From there, it flows through the Bighorn Basin in North Central Wyoming, passing through Thermopolis ... Dam forms the reservoir water reservoir Bighorn Lake . The reservoir and the surrounding gorge are part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . It is joined by the Little Bighorn River .... Variant names Image Bighorn River.jpg thumb left Bighorn River in Montana more likely in MT The Bighorn River has also been known as Great Horn River and Le Corne. ref name gnis See also List ... http waterplan.state.wy.us basins bighorn bighorn.html State of Wyoming Bighorn River Basin http wyomingpartners.fws.gov wy3c.htm U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wind Bighorn River Drainage http gf.state.wy.us ... becoming the Bighorn. http www.forrestersbighorn.com Display.asp?Page BighornFlyFishing Packing list for a Fishing trip on the Bighorn. Montana Wyoming Category Rivers of Montana Category Rivers ... more details
Little Bighorn may refer to Little Bighorn River , previously called Little Big Horn River a tributary of the Bighorn River in Wyoming and Montana Battle of the Little Bighorn , took place near the river in 1876 Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument , preserves the site of the 1876 battle Little Big Horn College , two year tribal college of the Crow Nation in Crow Agency, Montana Little Big Horn film Little Big Horn film , a 1951 Western movie starring Lloyd Bridges Little Big Horn album Little Big Horn album , a 1963 jazz album by Nat Adderley disambig pl Little Bighorn pt Little Bighorn ... more details
Refimprove date January 2009 Image BighornDam.JPG right thumb 200px A section of the Bighorn Dam Bighorn Dam or Bighorn Hydro Plant is a dam located in Clearwater County, Alberta Clearwater County in west central Alberta , Canada . It was built by TransAlta Corporation in 1972, and lead to the creation of Lake Abraham , Alberta s largest man made lake . The plant is one of two TransAlta Hydropower hydroelectric plant s on the North Saskatchewan River System in Alberta . The Bighorn Plant generates more electricity each year than any of TransAlta s other hydro plants, enough to supply the equivalent of 58,300 Alberta households. The Bighorn embankment dam was built in 1972 in the mountain gap at Windy Point, Alberta Windy Point , in the Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies , west of the confluence of the North Saskatchewan River and the Bighorn River Alberta Bighorn River . References Reflist coord 52.30879 116.32916 type landmark region CA AB name Bighorn Dam display title Category Clearwater County, Alberta Category Dams in Alberta Category Hydroelectric power stations in Alberta Alberta struct stub Dam struct stub no Bighorn demningen ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Bighorn Lake image lake Bighorn Lake WY & MT SW part.jpg caption lake Southwestern part image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Big Horn County, Montana Big Horn Carbon County, Montana Carbon counties in Montana and Big Horn County, Wyoming Big Horn County in Wyoming coords coord 45 18 28 N 107 57 27 W region US MT type waterbody source dewiki display inline,title type reservoir inflow Bighorn River outflow Bighorn River catchment 20,000 square miles 50,000 km2 basin countries United States length width area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands cities Bighorn Lake is a reservoir in the United States located in Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . The lake is span style white space nowrap 40 mi 64 km span south of Billings, Montana . Bighorn Lake was created by the construction of Yellowtail Dam near Fort Smith, Montana in 1965. It stretches the entire span style white space nowrap 72 mi 115 km span length of the Bighorn Canyon at full pool. Photographs gallery Image Bighorn Lake WY MT East Portion.jpg Eastern portion of Bighorn Lake. gallery Category Big Horn County, Montana Category Big Horn County, Wyoming Category Carbon County, Montana Category Reservoirs in Montana Category Reservoirs in Wyoming Montana geo stub Wyoming geo stub de Yellowtail Talsperre pl Jezioro Bighorn ... more details
Notability date November 2008 Infobox Airline airline Bighorn Airways logo logo size fleet size 20 destinations IATA ICAO BHR callsign BIGHORN AIR parent founded 1947 headquarters Sheridan, Wyoming Sheridan , Wyoming , United States USA key people hubs Sheridan County Airport focus cities alliance website http www.bighornairways.com Bighorn Airways is an United States American charter company based in Sheridan, Wyoming Sheridan , Wyoming , United States . It operates domestic charter passenger and cargo services, including contract services. Its main base is Sheridan County Airport . History The company was established and started operations in 1947. It is owned by Robert and Christopher Eisele. Citation needed date March 2007 Fleet The Bighorn Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft as of Aug 2010 Citation make link http www.bighornairways.com Bighorn Airways 4 CASA C.212 Aviocar CASA C 212 200 Aviocar 3 Dornier Do 228 Dornier 228 202 3 Cessna 340 2 Air Tractor AT 300 Air Tractor 301 1 Air Tractor AT 400 Air Tractor 402 1 Bell Jet Ranger Bell 206 Jet Ranger 1 Cessna 172 Cessna 172M Skyhawk 1 Cessna 180 1 Cessna 210 1 Cessna 425 1 Hiller OH 23 Raven Hiller 12E 1 Piper PA 18 Piper PA 18 Supercub External links http www.bighornairways.com Bighorn Airways Aviation lists Category Airlines of the United States Category Airlines established in 1947 Category Companies based in Wyoming Category Sheridan County, Wyoming US airline stub vi Bighorn Airways ... more details
Image Wpdms nasa topo bighorn basin.jpg 335px right frame The Bighorn Basin in Wyoming The Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles 160 km wide, in north central Wyoming in the United States . It is bounded by the Absaroka Range on the west, the Bighorn Mountains on the east, and the Owl Creek Mountains and Bridger Mountains Wyoming Bridger Mountains on the south. It is drained to the north by tributaries of the Bighorn River , which enters the basin from the south, through a gap between the Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains, as the Wind River Wyoming Wind River , and becomes the Bighorn as it enters the basin. The region is semi arid, receiving only 6 10 in 15 25 cm of rain annually. The largest cities in the basin include the Wyoming towns of Cody, Wyoming Cody , Thermopolis, Wyoming Thermopolis , Worland, Wyoming Worland , and Powell, Wyoming ... closed to white settlers following Red Cloud s War . Around the turn of the 20th century the Bighorn ... gang which operated from the Hole in the Wall area southeast of the Bighorn Basin. In 1942 one of the nation ... 10,000 internees. Geology File PowderRiverBasin.jpg thumb 350px The Bighorn and adjacent structures in NE Wyoming The Bighorn Basin forms a geologic structural basin filled with more than convert 20000 ..., along the Bighorn Mountains . The eastern section of the basin is famously rich in fossils ... of the Bighorn Basin contain a well documented record of the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum PETM ... magnetostratigraphic framework for the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming journal Geological Society of America ... that the Bighorn Basin became more arid during the PETM, with wet dry cycles superimposed over this general ... title Transient drying during the Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum PETM Analysis of paleosols in the bighorn ... to climate change at the Paleocene Eocene boundary Polecat Bench record in the northern Bighorn Basin ... Worland, Wyoming Worland Notable Features Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite Bighorn Canyon National ... more details
Other uses pp semi small yes taxobox name Domestic sheep status DOM image Flock of sheep.jpg image width 250px image caption A research flock at U.S. Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, Idaho regnum ... Linnaeus , 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758 Sheep Ovis aries are quadruped al, ruminant mammal s typically kept as livestock . Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even toed ungulate s. Although the name sheep applies to many species in the genus Ovis , in everyday ... sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon ... purposes, sheep are raised for Wool fleece , meat lamb, hogget or mutton and sheep milk milk . A sheep s wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by Sheep shearing shearing ... mutton when from older ones. Sheep continue to be important for wool and meat today, and are also .... Sheep husbandry is practised throughout the majority of the inhabited world, and has been fundamental ... South America n nations, and the British Isles are most closely associated with sheep production. Sheep raising has a large Glossary of sheep husbandry lexicon of unique terms which vary considerably by region and dialect . Use of the word sheep began in Middle English as a derivation of the Old English word sc ap it is both the singular and plural name for the animal. A group of sheep is called a flock, herd or mob. Adult female sheep are referred to as ewes, intact males as rams or occasionally tups, Castration castrated males as wethers, and younger sheep as lambs. Many other specific terms for the various life stages of sheep exist, generally related to lambing, shearing, and age. Being a key animal in the history of farming, sheep have a deeply entrenched place in human culture, and find representation in much modern language and symbology . As livestock, sheep are most often associated with pastoral , Arcadia utopia Arcadian imagery. Sheep figure in many mythology mythologies such as the Golden ... more details
Infobox character name The Sheep series Alice image File John Tenniel Alice and the Knitting Sheep.jpeg 200px caption first Through the Looking Glass last cause creator Lewis Carroll portrayer episode nickname alias species Sheep gender Female age born death specialty occupation Shopkeeper family spouse significantother children relatives residence religion nationality Looking Glass Land The Sheep is a character arts character , created by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll . It appeared in Dodgson s book, Through the Looking Glass , the sequel to his book Alice s Adventures in Wonderland . Storyline The Sheep is first mentioned in the fifth chapter of Through the Looking Glass , Wool and Water . White Queen Through the Looking Glass The White Queen is talking to Alice Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Alice , when she suddenly starts baa ing and then seems to wrap herself in wool . Alice figures out she is in a shop, and that The White Queen has turned into a sheep. The Sheep sits in her chair knitting as Alice looks around the shop. She gives Alice a pair of her knitting needles, and asks her if she can row. As Alice begins to answer, she realizes that they are in a little boat, and that the needles have turned into oars. As they glide along the water, the Sheep repeatedly shouts out Feather, and tells Alice that they will be catching crabs. Alice s attention is then put onto some scented rushes growing in the water. She tries picking them, but they are only dream rushes and melt away. She then quickly catches a crab, which she actually didn t see, and they are all suddenly in the shop again. Alice buys an egg from the Sheep that ends up turning into Humpty Dumpty and the two part ways. References commonscat The Sheep cite book last Carroll first Lewis authorlink Lewis Carroll title Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There year 1871 chapter wikisource ... Sheep, The Category Fictional sheep Category Lewis Carroll characters Category Fictional characters ... more details
Infobox River river name Bighorn River image name BighornRiverValley.JPG caption Bighorn River Valley and Crescent Falls origin Bighorn Meadows br coord 52 17 34 N 116 32 39 W scale 10000 type river region CA AB mouth North Saskatchewan River br coord 52 21 17 N 116 14 51 W scale 10000 type river region CA SK basin countries CAN length elevation m to ft 1985 abbr yes mouth elevation m to ft 1216 abbr yes discharge watershed Image Bighornrivercanyon.JPG left thumb 200px The Bighorn River Canyon The Bighorn River is a short river originating in the Alberta foothills, and is a tributary of the North Saskatchewan River . The river , as well as the nearby Bighorn Range Alberta Bighorn Range and Bighorn Dam are named for the Bighornsheep which dominate the area. The name first appeared in 1865. ref Karamitsanis, Aphrodite 1991 . Place Names of Alberta, Volume 1. Calgary University of Calgary Press, pg. 22 ref Flowing under Mount McGuire , Bighorn River soon takes on Littlehorn and Sunkay Creeks, before plummeting over the impressive Crescent Falls . After the falls, the Bighorn travels through a significant canyon, before passing through the Bighorn Indian Reserve. The river then empties into the North Saskatchewan River after Lake Abraham . ref Mussio Ventures 2004 . Southwestern Alberta Backroad Mapbook, Burnaby Mussio Ventures. ref References reflist See also List of Alberta rivers Alberta rivers and lakes Alberta geo stub Category Rivers of Alberta pl Bighorn rzeka ... more details
Bighorn is an unincorporated settlement and locality in the Thompson River Thompson Canyon in British Columbia , Canada . It is a few miles south of Spences Bridge, British Columbia . The name originated as the name of a whistlestop on the Canadian Pacific Railway or CNR? and is a reference to the heyday of big game hunting in the area, where BighornSheep were once abundant and the region around Spences Bridge was one of the foci of the hunting industry in British Columbia. BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub coord missing British Columbia Category Thompson Country Category Populated places in the Thompson Nicola Regional District Category Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia ... more details
Bighorn River can refer to Bighorn River , a river in Wyoming and Montana, USA Little Bighorn River , tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana Bighorn River Alberta , a river in Alberta, Canada geodis ... more details
Summary Location map for Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . Adapted from Image Map of USA Locator blank.png , GNU FDL image. Licensing GFDL with disclaimers migration relicense ... more details
Infobox river name Little Bighorn River image name image size image alt caption image map Wpdms nasa topo little bighorn river.jpg map size 300px map alt map caption The Little Bighorn River origin coord 45 00 03 N 107 37 37 W display inline name Little Bighorn River ref name gnis mouth Coord 45 44 17 N 107 34 10 W display title,inline name Little Bighorn River ref name gnis cite gnis id 773405 name Little Bighorn River ref basin countries Big Horn County, Montana and Sheridan County, Wyoming progression length elevation mouth elevation convert 2884 ft m ref name gnis discharge watershed river system Yellowstone River left tribs right tribs The Little Bighorn River is a convert 138 mi km adj mid long ref cite web url http viewer.nationalmap.gov viewer title The National Map publisher U.S. Geological Survey accessdate Feb. 9, 2011 ref tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana . The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought on its banks in 1876. The Little Bighorn rises in extreme northern Wyoming, along the north side of the Bighorn Mountains . It flows northward into Montana and across the Crow Indian Reservation , past the towns of Wyola, Montana Wyola , Lodge Grass, Montana Lodge Grass and Crow Agency, Montana Crow Agency , and joins the Bighorn near the town of Hardin, Montana Hardin . The battle site, now included in the grounds of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument , is approximately five miles south of Crow Agency, on the eastern side of the river. Variant names The Little Bighorn River has also been known as Custer River, Greasy Grass River Lakota name and Great Horn River. ref name gnis See also List of Wyoming ... of Montana Category Rivers of Wyoming Category Black Hills War Montana geo stub br Little Bighorn de Little Bighorn River es R o Little Big Horn it Little Bighorn he nl Little Bighorn no Little Bighorn elven pl Little Bighorn River ru fi Little Bighorn ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Bighorn Ditch Headgate nrhp type image Bighorn ditch NPS.jpg caption location W of Fort Smith at mouth of Bighorn Canyon, Fort Smith, Montana lat degrees 45 lat minutes 18 lat seconds 56 lat direction N long degrees 107 long minutes 57 long seconds 3 long direction W locmapin Montana area built 1892 architect Graves,William F. architecture No Style Listed added December 12, 1976 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref governing body National Park Service refnum 76000174 The Bighorn Ditch Headgate , also known as the Bighorn Canal Headgate , was built in 1892 to provide irrigation to the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana . The headgate structure diverted water from the Bighorn River . It was designed by William F. Graves, and construction was carried out by Crow laborers. The site is presently included in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . ref cite web url http www.hscl.cr.nps.gov insidenps report.asp?STATE MT&PARK BICA&STRUCTURE &SORT &RECORDNO 1 date 2008 11 14 work List of Classified Structures title Bighorn Ditch publisher National Park Service ref The structure includes a diversion dam extending at an angle into the river to divert water through the headgate into a canal flowing parallel to the river. The headgate structure was built of dressed local limestone , and is convert 35 ft m wide, allowing a designed flow of convert 720 cuft L of water per second. Five iron gates controlled the flow. The headgate structure is intermittently inundated by water held in the Yellowtail Dam Afterbay reservoir. ref name nrhpinv2 Cite book title PDFlink http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov ... Bighorn Ditch Headgate 287 KB date January 12, 1976 author Rodd L. Wheaton publisher National Park Service ref The Bighorn Ditch was instrumental in the change in Crow life from nomadic movement ... water to 4500 later 12,500 Crow acres. The Bighorn Ditch allowed the expansion of agriculture and cattle ... Horn County, Montana Category Irrigation in the United States Montana NRHP stub nl Bighorn Ditch Headgate ... more details
for the Rocky Mountain range Big Horn Mountains Geobox Range Heading name Bighorn Mountains native name other name category Mountain Range Names etymology Image image image caption Country country United States state California region district San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County municipality topo map Bighorn Canyon topo maker USGS Family range border part city landmark river Locations lat d 34 lat m 18 lat s 27.015 lat NS N long d 116 long m 37 long s 30.080 long EW W highest highest location highest region highest country highest elevation 1744 highest lat d highest lat m highest lat s highest lat NS highest long d highest long m highest long s highest long EW lowest lowest location lowest region lowest country lowest elevation imperial lowest lat d lowest lat m lowest lat s lowest lat NS lowest long d lowest long m lowest long s lowest long EW Dimensions length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation height imperial area imperial Features timezone Pacific Standard Time Pacific utc offset 8 timezone DST Pacific Daylight Time PDT utc offset DST 7 geology orogeny period biome plant animal Free fields free free type Maps map California Locator Map.PNG map caption Location of the Bighorn Mountains in California ref name gnis cite gnis id 269859 name Bighorn Mountains accessdate 2009 05 04 ref map background map locator California Website website Footnotes footnotes The Bighorn Mountains are a mountain range in San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County , California . ref name gnis References reflist Category Mountain ranges of Southern California Category Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California SanBernardinoCountyCA geo stub ... more details
Reeve leader name Dene Cooper leader title1 Governing body leader name1 M.D. of Bighorn Council ... postal code area code blank name blank info blank1 name blank1 info website http www.mdbighorn.ca Bighorn No. 8 footnotes Infobox ends The Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 is a List of Alberta municipal ... www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca cfml profiles data 0382 1.htm Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 profile ... Bighorn No. 8 includes the five hamlet place hamlet s of Benchlands, Alberta Benchlands ... District M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 had a population of 1,264 living in 676 house dwellings , a 2.6 decrease ... community Details Page.cfm?Lang E&Geo1 CSD&Code1 4815015&Geo2 PR&Code2 48&Data Count&SearchText Bighorn 20No. 208&SearchType Begins&SearchPR 01&B1 All&GeoLevel &GeoCode 4815015 title Bighorn No. 8 Community ... date 2009 02 09 accessdate 2010 11 28 ref Using the pre revised Statistics Canada data, the M.D. of Bighorn ... that the M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 had a population of 1,298, scattered over 2,810 km sup 2 sup ... PR&Code2 48&Data Count&SearchText bighorn&SearchType Begins&SearchPR 01&B1 All&Custom Bighorn No. 8 ... MD of Bighorn No. 8 Canadian City Geographic Location 8 way Northwest North Clearwater County, Alberta ... Park Centre Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 East Rocky View County, Alberta Rocky View County ... W scale 100000 name Municipal District of Bighorn display title Category Bighorn No. 8, Alberta ... more details
Infobox Protected area name Bighorn National Forest iucn category VI map US Locator Blank.svg map caption locator x 89 locator y 46 location Sheridan County, Wyoming Sheridan , Big Horn County, Wyoming Big Horn , Johnson County, Wyoming Johnson , and Washakie County, Wyoming Washakie counties, Wyoming , United States USA nearest city Sheridan, Wyoming Sheridan, WY lat d 44 lat m 32 lat s 0 lat NS N long d 107 long m 21 long s 0 long EW W area 1.1 million acres 4,500 km established 1897 visitation num visitation year governing body United States Forest Service U.S. Forest Service Bighorn National Forest is located in northern Wyoming , United States and consists of over 1.1 million acres 4,500 km . Created as a US Forest Reserve in 1897, it is one of the oldest government protected forest lands in the U.S. The forest is well east of the continental divide and extends from the Montana border for a distance of 80 miles 130 km along the spine of the Big Horn Mountains , an outlying mountain range separated from the rest of the Rocky Mountains by Bighorn Basin . Elevations range from 5,000 feet 1,500 m along the sagebrush and grass covered lowlands at the foot of the mountains, to 13,189 feet 4,020 m on top of Cloud Peak , the highest point in the Big Horn Mountains. The forest is named after the Bighorn River , which is partially fed by streams found in the forest. While the river and forest used the name Bighorn all in one word, the mountains associated with the forest ... known as the Bighorn Scenic Byway, crosses the middle of the 30 mile 48 km wide forest. Medicine ... Forest Service first authorlink coauthors year url http www.fs.fed.us r2 bighorn index.shtml title Bighorn National Forest format work publisher accessdate 2006 07 08 cite web last U.S. Forest Service first authorlink coauthors year url http www.fs.fed.us r2 bighorn maps rec title Map of Bighorn ... in Wyoming fr For t nationale de Bighorn ... more details
The Bighorn Trail Run is a race held each June in the U.S. state of Wyoming s Big Horns mountain range. The race distances are 30 kilometers, 50 kilometers, convert 50 mi km , and convert 100 mi km . The three longer races are considered ultramarathon s. All the races end in Dayton, Wyoming . The Big Horn Trail 100 Mile Run is part of the 100 Mile Rocky Mountain Slam. 2006 Champions 100 Mile Men Jeff Browning Bend, Oregon 20 24 28 100 Mile Women Diane Van Deren Sedalia, Colorado 27 43 50 50 Mile Men Sean Meissner Sisters, Oregon 8 41 18 50 Mile Women Sarah McCullough Laramie, Wyoming 10 55 26 50K Men Derek Schreinert Dayton, Wyoming 4 50 00 50K Women Christine Hansen Boulder, Colorado 5 25 08 30K Men Tony Quinn Big Horn, Wyoming 2 06 30 30K Women Jessica Strahan Sheridan, Wyoming 2 24 57 External links http www.bighorntrailrun.com http www.run100s.com rocky mt slam.htm athletics stub Category Ultramarathons ... more details
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