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Wyoming Basin physiographic province information


The Wyoming Basin (17) includes the Great Divide Basin.

The Wyoming Basin physiographic province is a geographic area through which the Continental Divide of the Americas traverses. The province includes the Washakie Basin[1] and Great Divide Basins, and is demarcated by the following:

  • southwest: Uinta Mountains
  • west: west side of Green River watershed
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  1. ^ "Select Area of Interest". [Wyoming Stratigraphy]. Wyoming State Geological Survey. Retrieved April 24, 2010. (Great Basin Divide, Washakie Basin)

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