New Fork River
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For the ghost town with the same name, see New Fork, Wyoming.
The New Fork River is the uppermost major tributary of the Green River in Wyoming, flowing about 70 miles (110 km) entirely within Sublette County. It drains an arid farming region of southwestern Wyoming south of the Wind River Range.
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New Fork River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Wyoming |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Wind River Range |
• location | Lozier Lake, Bridger National Forest |
• coordinates | 43°11′03″N 109°48′21″W[1] |
• elevation | 9,850 ft (3,000 m) |
Mouth | Green River |
• location | About 5.5 mi (8.9 km) east of Big Piney |
• coordinates | 42°33′06″N 109°58′15″W[1] |
• elevation | 6,788 ft (2,069 m) |
Length | 70 mi (110 km) |
Basin size | 1,230 sq mi (3,200 km2)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | near Big Piney[2] |
• average | 712 cu ft/s (20.2 m3/s)[2] |
• minimum | 90 cu ft/s (2.5 m3/s) |
• maximum | 9,190 cu ft/s (260 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Pole Creek, Boulder Creek, East Fork River |
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