Greybull River

The Greybull River is a tributary of the Big Horn River, approximately 90 miles (140 km) long in northern Wyoming in the United States.

Greybull River
Native name	Iisbíialawache, "Where the mountain lion sits"[1]
Location
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
Cities	Meeteetse, WY, Greybull, WY
Physical characteristics
Source	Absaroka Mountains
• location	Big Horn Basin, Wyoming
• coordinates	43°52′48″N 109°20′33″W[2]
Mouth	Big Horn River
• location	Greybull, Wyoming
• coordinates	44°28′15″N 108°02′59″W[2]
Length	90 mi (140 km)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Wood River

The river was reportedly named for a white buffalo that had been seen on its banks. Native Americans consider the appearance of a white buffalo a powerful omen.

The river rises near Francs Peak in the Absaroka Mountains in the southwest corner of the Big Horn Basin. It joins with the Wood River and leaves the mountains near the town of Meeteetse, continuing through the southern parts of Park County and Big Horn County before flowing into the Big Horn River near Greybull. Much of the upper river is considered a top trout stream, hosting the best genetically pure populations of Yellowstone cutthroat trout in the region.[3] In 1981, a colony of black-footed ferrets was discovered on the Pitchfork Ranch near Meeteetse. The animal had previously been thought to be extinct.

Flooding of Greybull River near Basin, Wyoming in June 1963, where the peak flow was 19,400 cubic feet per second (550 m³/s).

References

1. "Little Big Horn College Library". Retrieved 2012-06-05.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greybull River, USGS GNIS
3. Greybull River Basin Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Nature Conservancy