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The state of Wyoming is located in the Western United States and belongs to the mountainous states of the United States. Territory of Wyoming – 253,348 km2 (10th place in the USA). Wyoming is bordered by Montana to the north, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Colorado, Utah to the southwest, and Idaho to the west.
The state of Wyoming is one of two (together with the state of Colorado) “rectangular” US states, bounded by two parallels (from 41° to 45° north latitude) and two meridians (from 104°03′ to 111°03′ west longitude). Wyoming is the second (after Colorado) US state in terms of average altitude (just over two thousand meters).
STATE NAME
The name of the state of Wyoming comes from the language of the Indians – the Delaware (Lenape), who lived in the eastern United States, in the territory of the modern states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York. Denotes the word “Wyoming”, according to different versions, “big valley” or “mountains and valleys.”
For the first time the word “Wyoming” was used for the name of a geographical feature in Pennsylvania, where there is a Wyoming Valley (Wyoming Valley).
When the “Territory of Wyoming” was debated in the US Congress in 1865, the name was first applied to the future state of Wyoming.
Later, the words “Cheyenne”, “Yellowstone”, “Lincoln” and others were proposed as the name of the new state, but preference was given to the name “Wyoming” already generally accepted by that time.
GEOGRAPHY
The southwestern part of Wyoming is occupied by the Rocky Mountains, the northeastern part by the Great Plains.
Wyoming has several mountain ranges that make up the Rocky Mountains. In the south of the state, these are the Snow Range, the Laramie Mountains and the Sierra Madre. In the west of the state, the Wind River ranges stretch (this is where the highest point in Wyoming is located – Gannet Peak, 4,209 meters above sea level), Teton, Absaroka, Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains. The Big Horn Mountains are located in northern Wyoming.
Along the mountain ranges of Wyoming, from north to south, the Continental Divide runs through the central part of the state. All rivers to the east of it carry their waters to the Atlantic Ocean, and those flowing to the west belong to the Pacific Ocean.
HYDROGRAPHY
In Wyoming, the sources of several rivers of the Northwest of the United States are located: the Yellowstone River, the Snake River, the Green River, the Bighorn River.
CLIMATE
Wyoming has a continental semi-arid climate, with large seasonal temperature fluctuations and relatively little rainfall (less in the eastern plains and more in the mountains to the west). At the same time, in the state, climatic conditions can vary quite a lot, mainly depending on the relief and height above sea level.
Winter in Wyoming is quite long, cold, but with frequent thaws; spring and autumn are short; summer is quite warm. Often a sharp rise in temperature (by 30 – 40 ° C in a few hours) brings a wind blowing from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, which is called the “chinook”.
The average temperature in the east of the state, in Cheyenne, in January is from -10 ° C to 3 ° C, in July from 12 ° C to 28 ° C. In the mountainous western regions of Wyoming, in Jackson, the average temperature in January is from -15°C to -2°C, and in July – from 5°C to 28°C.
The southeastern counties of Wyoming are occasionally hit by tornadoes.
ECONOMY
The economy of Wyoming is based on mining, agriculture and tourism.
The mining industry is the main branch of the state’s economy. Wyoming ranks first among all US states in terms of coal production and second in natural gas production. Oil, uranium, bentonite clays and many other minerals are also mined in the state.
One of Wyoming’s traditional nicknames is “The Cowboy State”. This is not surprising, raising cattle for meat is the state’s main agricultural activity.
In addition, Wyoming raises sheep (the second largest wool producer in the US), pigs, and poultry; produce dairy products.
The main crops of the “Cowboy State” are wheat, beans, barley, oats, sugar beets, sunflowers, corn, alfalfa.
TOURISM
Wyoming has several very beautiful and interesting regions, many of which are protected by the US government. In the northwest of the state, as well as in the neighboring states of Montana and Idaho, the famous Yellowstone National Park is located.
A little to the south, connected to Yellowstone Park by a scenic road known as the John Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Walk, is Grand Teton National Park, whose area is about one hundred and thirty thousand hectares.
In the northeast of Wyoming, there is a unique natural site – the “Devil’s Tower” (Devil’s Tower, “Devil’s Tower”). This is a rocky monolith of volcanic origin rising above the plain.
The height of the “Devil’s Tower” above the surrounding area is 386 meters (1558 meters above sea level). This unique rock was a cult object for many Indian tribes, and now attracts climbers.
The “Devil’s Tower” is a National Monument of the United States, and this status was assigned back in 1906 by the twenty-sixth President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt.