Greybull River

Geobox River
name = Greybull River
country = United States
state = Wyoming
city = Meeteetse, WY
city1 = Greybull, WY
length_imperial = 90
source_name = Absaroka Mountains
source_location = Big Horn Basin
source_state = Wyoming
source_lat_d = 43
source_lat_m = 52
source_lat_s = 48
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 109
source_long_m = 20
source_long_s = 33
source_long_EW = W
source_coordinates_note =Gnis|1600093|Greybull River, USGS GNIS]
mouth_name = Big Horn River
mouth_location = Greybull
mouth_state = Wyoming
mouth_lat_d = 44
mouth_lat_m = 28
mouth_lat_s = 15
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 108
mouth_long_m = 02
mouth_long_s = 59
mouth_long_EW = W
mouth_coordinates_note =
tributary_right = Wood River

The Greybull River is a tributary of the Big Horn River, approximately 90 miles long in northern Wyoming in the United States. The river was reportedly named for an 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 [ [http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/wyoming/preserves/art19567.html Greybull River Basin] , Nature Conservancy] . 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.

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