| Wind River | |
| Name Other: | Wild River, Bighorn River |
| Map: | Wpdms_nasa_topo_wind-bighorn_river.jpg |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wyoming |
| Subdivision Type5: | Cities |
| Subdivision Name5: | Dubois, Crowheart, Johnstown, Riverton |
| Length: | 185miles |
| Discharge1 Location: | below Boysen Dam[1] |
| Discharge1 Min: | 4.7cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 1357cuft/s |
| Discharge1 Max: | 28700cuft/s |
| Source1: | Two Ocean Mountain |
| Source1 Location: | Wind River Range, Teton County |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 43.7472°N -110.0742°W[2] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 9760feet |
| Mouth: | Bighorn River |
| Mouth Location: | Wedding of the Waters, Hot Springs County |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 43.5811°N -108.2122°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 4472feet |
| Basin Size: | 7730sqmi |
| Tributaries Left: | East Fork Wind River |
| Tributaries Right: | Dinwoody Creek, Bull Lake Creek, Little Wind River |
The Wind River is the name applied to the upper reaches of the Bighorn River in Wyoming in the United States. The Wind River is [3] long. The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind/Bighorn.
Its headwaters are at Wind River Lake in the Rocky Mountains, near the summit of Togwotee Pass (pronounced TOH-guh-tee) and gathers water from several forks along the northeast side of the Wind River Range in west central Wyoming. It flows southeastward, across the Wind River Basin and the Wind River Indian Reservation and joins the Little Wind River near Riverton. Up stream from this confluence, it is known locally as the Big Wind River. It flows northward, through a gap in the Owl Creek Mountains, where the name of the river becomes the Bighorn River. In the Owl Creek Mountains, it is dammed to form Boysen Reservoir. The Wind River officially becomes the Bighorn River at the Wedding of the Waters, on the north side of the Wind River Canyon.