WONDERFUL-WYOMING
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE-T BACKBONE NATION
ELEVATION 7178 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL
The three principal river systems of the United States west of the
ONlo have heir source in Wyoming. The Mississppi through the Missouri
by its branches, the Madison, Gallatin Yellowstone; the Columbia flowing into
the North Pacific by its longest branch, the Snake and the Colorado by its
longest branch, the Green.
FLL
LO
Precipitation falling west of this
point finds its way into the Green
and Colorado River eventually
to the Gulf of California.
WELCOME TO SWEETWATER COUNTY
Precipitation falling east of this
Point finds its way to the Gulf
of Mexico by way of the
Mississippi drainage basin.
HECE
Commerce & Industry 's Highway= State Depts. Cooperatin
%3D
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Y-I233
