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The Wyoming Basin Ecoregion in Montana is only a small portion of the amount of this ecoregion′s total area, but like the larger portion of this ecoregion which is in Wyoming, this is a shrub steppe ecoregion, within the deserts and xeric shrublands biome. It is a high elevation broad basin located between mountain ranges and is interrupted by hills and low mountains and dominated by arid grasslands and shrub lands.
Too, these several basins are all in the rain shadow of the North American Cordillera and as such have an arid to semi-arid climate with long very cold winters and short, hot summers.
This Montana portion of the Wyoming Basin is known by the local population as the Bighorn Basin and includes much of the Bighhorn River valley.
Wyoming Basin Ecoregion Information:
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Location:
This ecoregion is found in south central Montana along the east-west state line between Montana with Wyoming. To the north of this ecoregion is the Great Plains (9C). To both the east and the west of this ecoregion are the Middle Rockies ecoregion (6G).
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Rocky Mountains
The Ancients
First Wayƒarer
The Earth
Bighorn River, see
Missouri-Yellowstone system.
The Modern Man
The Steps
Steps Afoot
Montana Footpath Journey Index
Steps Afield
Montana Roadpath Journey Index
The Appendixes
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