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Wind River Range

American  
[wind] / wɪnd /

noun

  1. a mountain range in W Wyoming, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Gannett Peak, 13,785 feet (4,202 meters).


Wind River Range British  
/ wɪnd /

noun

  1. a mountain range in W Wyoming: one of the highest ranges of the central Rockies. Highest peak: Gannet Peak, 4202 m (13 785 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Such deaths have been increasingly common in the Green River headwaters in the Wind River Range, where in 2019 the U.S.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2023

"I also saw another one out in Wyoming that was part of the Wind River Range," Gilman recalled excitedly.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2023

They’re from a mule deer hit by a car just down the road from Bales’ rustic home in a cottonwood grove beneath the craggy Wind River Range.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2022

A long time ago, a professor of mine was doing research on the glaciers Wind River Range.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2021

In the mountain chain extending from the Wind River Range northwest to the Teton and Gros Ventres ranges and northward into Yellowstone lived a Shoshone population known as the Dukarika, or Sheepeaters.

From Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society by Murphy, Robert F.

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