The Laramie Plains is an arid highland at an elevation of approx. 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in south central Wyoming in the United States. The plains extend along the upper basin of the Laramie River on the east side of the Medicine Bow Range. The …

The U.S. state of Wyoming lies in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States and has a varied geography. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south.

The Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming. The state is a great plateau broken by a number of important mountain ranges. In the northwest are the Absaroka, the Owl Creek, Wyoming, Gros Ventre, Wind River and the Teton ranges.

Great Plains. Wyoming's Great Plains region occupies the easternmost one-third of the state, gradually increasing in elevation from the state's eastern border to the many mountain ranges that mark the region's western margin. This area is made up of short-grass prairie and with cottonwoods and shrubs growing along the rivers in the area.

Wyoming's topography is characterized by a dramatic and varied landscape that includes vast mountain ranges, expansive plateaus, and intermontane basins. The state is predominantly mountainous, with the Rocky Mountains covering a significant portion of its western region.

The northern section of the Great Plains, north of latitude 44°, includes eastern Montana, eastern Wyoming, most of North Dakota and South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota and portions of the Canadian provinces including southeastern Alberta, …

The Northwestern Great Plains ecoregions spreads over 12 million acres in northeastern Wyoming. This ecoregion is comprised mostly of rolling plains in a semi-arid environment, which produces mostly grassland plant communities with some …

2025年1月21日 · Wyoming's main geographical regions are the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the Intermontane Basins. Around 85% of the state is considered rangelands. In the northeast, there is a small extension of the Black Hills.

With an unforgiving climate, arid plains, rugged mountains, and scarce deposits of precious metals, Wyoming was one of the final western states organized for statehood.

People lived on the wide open plains of what’s now Wyoming at least 12,000 years ago. Signs of these long-ago inhabitants include an ancient 245-foot stone shrine that was built near Lovell,...