Taxobox name Desertbighornsheep status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref IUCN2008 assessors sta Bianchet ... The desertbighornsheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni is a subspecies of bighornsheep that occurs in the desert ... and behavior of desertbighornsheep generally follow those of other bighornsheep, except for adaptation to the lack of water in the desertbighornsheep can go for extended periods of time without drinking water. Population s of the desertbighornsheep declined drastically with European ... century. As of 2004, desertbighornsheep numbers are extremely low, although the overall population ... McCutchen first H.E. chapter DesertBighornSheep editor Stohlgren, T.J. year 1995 title The Interior ... DesertBighornSheep date 2006 08 10 accessdate 2012 01 21 ref bighorn are able to climb the steep ... name cabeza Desertbighornsheep typically live for 10 20 years. The typical diet of a desertbighorn ... cabighrn.html title DesertBighornSheep of Cabeza Prieta NWR work Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife ... sheep are adapted to a desert mountain environment with little or no permanent water . Some of the bighorn ... battling with their horns Desertbighornsheep are social, forming herds of 8 to 10 individuals. sometimes ... tr style background fff TD COLSPAN 3 HR TD TR TABLE Desertbighornsheep populations have trended ... by conservation measures, including habitat preservation. In 1980, desertbighornsheep populations ... the overall U.S. desertbighornsheep population at 15,980. The 1993 estimate of the population ... Bighorn Council Scientific organization for biologists working with desertbighornsheep http www.azgfd.gov h f game bighorn.shtml Arizona DesertBighornSheep Includes free video about desertbighornsheep in Arizona http www.dfg.ca.gov wildlife DesertBighorn DesertBighornSheep Facts California Department of Fish and Game Category Ovis BighornSheep, Desert Category Animals described in 1897 Category Mammals of the United States BighornSheep, Desert Category Fauna of the Southwestern United ... more details
. DesertBighornSheep Nelson s bighornsheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni , the most common desertbighornsheep, ranges from California through Arizona. Mexican bighornsheep Ovis canadensis mexicana , range ... U.S. Sierra Nevada DesertBighornSheep Ovis canadensis nelsoni , occurring throughout the southwestern ... sierrae , Peninsular bighornsheep, a distinct population segment of desertbighornsheep Ovis ... mountainous regions of Canada and the United States . In contrast, the desertbighornsheep subspecies are indigenous to the hot desert ecosystem s of the Southwestern United States . Bighornsheep ... for the sheep. The desertbighornsheep is now the official mascot for the Arizona Boy Scouts ... www.dfg.ca.gov wildlife DesertBighorn DesertBighornSheep Facts California Department of Fish and Game ...Other uses Big Horn disambiguation Taxobox name Bighornsheep status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ... Bighornsheep Ovis canadensis .JPG image2 width 180px image2 caption Female ewe regnum Animal ia ... notes on North American sheep. Bulletin of the AMNH v. 31 , article 1 ref The bighornsheep ... page title BighornSheep ref Recent genetic testing indicates that there are three distinct subspecies ... America peaked in the millions, and the bighornsheep entered into the mythology of Indigenous peoples .... Taxonomy and genetics File Bighorns.jpg thumb upright left Bighornsheep at Palm Canyon in Anza Borrego ... Canada, and bighornsheep, which range from southern Canada to Mexico. ref name fws Include USGov ... article Draft recovery plan for the Sierra Nevada BighornSheep ref However, the status of these species ... pages 505 580 issue 3 doi 10.2307 2420858 jstor 2420858 ref Rocky Mountain bighornsheep Ovis canadensis canadensis . Habitat from British Columbia to Arizona . Sierra Nevada bighornsheep California bighornsheep Ovis canadensis californiana . Owens defined the habitat from British Columbia down to California ... . Weems bighornsheep Ovis canadensis weemsi . Habitat Baja California. Badlands bighorn Audubon s bighorn ... more details
from the Sierra Nevada population, and may be more properly classified as DesertBighornSheep O. c ...Taxobox name Sierra Nevada bighornsheep status LE status system ESA status ref ref FWS profile name Sierra Nevada Bighornsheep sci Ovis canadensis sierrae spcode A0DS date March 3, 2010 ref image Sierra Nevada bighornsheep herd.jpg image width image caption Herd at Wheeler Crest regnum Animal ia phylum ... sheep Ovis canadensis sierrae is a subspecies of bighornsheep . Early taxonomic schemes included herds ... II year 2005 title Correct Nomenclature for Sierra Nevada BighornSheep journal California Fish and Game ... accessdate 2006 07 16 ref Habitat and behaviors Sierra Nevada bighornsheep inhabit ... Nevada bighornsheep inhabit open areas where the land is rocky, sparsely vegetated, and characterized ... Wehausen first J.D. year 1980 title Sierra Nevada bighornsheep history and population ecology publisher ... Habitat for the Sierra Nevada BighornSheep Ovis canadensis sierrae and Taxonomic Revision Final Rule ... by gender occurs outside of the mating season. Bighornsheep ewes generally remain with the same ... a diversity of exposures and slopes for escape cover. The lifespan for both Sierra Nevada bighornsheep males and females has been observed as 8 to 12 years. ref name fws Bighornsheep are primarily diurnality ... recovery Sierra Nevada bighornsheep were listed as an endangered species on January 3, 2000 ... Nevada BighornSheep accessdate 2005 06 13 ref In 1995, these genetically distinct BighornSheep hit ... 250 as of 2002. ref cite web url http www.dfg.ca.gov ocal archives bighornsheep jf04.pdf title Sierra Nevada BighornSheep Recovery Report 2003 accessdate 2006 11 17 ref Significant population declines beginning in the late 1980s were associated with the bighornsheep avoiding low elevation winter ranges. The Nevada Department of Wildlife estimates that there are 1500 California bighornsheep located ... Goat antelope Caprinae genus sheep Ovis species Ovis canadensis O. canadensis subspecies O. c ... more details
Infobox Museum name National BighornSheep Interpretive Center image imagesize map type map caption latitude longitude established 1993 dissolved location 907 West Ramshorn St. br Dubois, Wyoming , br United States type Interpretive centre Interpretive Center visitors director curator publictransit website http bighorn.org Official website The National BighornSheep Interpretive Center is a convert 2775 sqft m2 adj on Interpretive centre Interpretive Center ref cite web url http www.bighorn.org about.html title About Us, the Non profit Organization and Board of Directors of the National BighornSheep Interpretive Center accessdate February 10, 2012 ref dedicated to public education about the biology and habitat of the Bighornsheep Rocky Mountain BighornSheep with specific focus on the currently largest herd of Rocky Mountain Bighornsheep in the coterminous United States that winter in the Whisky Basin of Whisky Mountain adjacent to the Fitzpatrick Wilderness ref cite web url http www.summitpost.org whiskey mountain 236056 title Whiskey Mountain publisher SummitPost.org accessdate February 10, 2012 ref in the Shoshone National Forest . The Center preserves and interprets the relationships of the Bighornsheep and is located in the town of Dubois, Wyoming on U.S. Route 26 along the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway . ref cite web url http www.blm.gov wo st en res Education in BLM Learning Landscapes For Travelers go wildlife viewing bighorn sheep.html title National Bighorm Sheep Interpretive Center and Whiskey Mountain BighornSheep Area WY accessdate February 10, 2012 ref The museum ... The center contains several permanent exhibits. The Natural History of the Bighornsheep featuring ... including the native cutthroat trout and bighornsheep The Shoshone people Mountain Shoshone known ... bighornsheep horn, and petroglyph s left from ancestors ref http www.easternshoshone.net ESTHistoricalculturalAttractions.html ... External links http Bighorn.org National BighornSheep Interpretive Center official site coord ... more details
was named in 1805 by fur trader Fran ois Larocque for the BighornSheep he saw along its banks ... The CQA Four Mile Bridge over Bighorn River image map Bighornrivermap.jpg map size 300px map alt map caption Map of the Bighorn River watershed origin coord 43 34 51 N 108 12 45 W display inline name Bighorn River ref name gnis mouth coord 46 09 18 N 107 28 28 W display title,inline name Bighorn River ref name gnis cite gnis id 779903 name Bighorn River, MT ref basin countries Yellowstone County, Montana Yellowstone , Treasure County, Montana Treasure , Big Horn County, Montana Bighorn , and Carbon County, Montana Big Horn County, Wyoming Bighorn , Washakie County, Wyoming Washakie , and Hot Springs County, Wyoming , ref name gnis ref name gnisWY cite gnis id 1597596 name Bighorn River, WY ref ... tribs right tribs The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River Yellowstone , approximately ... of the Bighorn, south of the Owl Creek Mountains in Wyoming, are known as the Wind River Wyoming Wind River . The two rivers are sometimes referred to as the Wind Bighorn. The Wind River officially becomes the Bighorn River at the Wedding of the Waters, on the north side of the Wind River Canyon near the town of Thermopolis, Wyoming Thermopolis . From there, it flows through the Bighorn Basin in North ... tribe Crow Indian Reservation , where the Yellowtail Dam forms the reservoir water reservoir Bighorn Lake . The reservoir and the surrounding gorge are part of the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . It is joined by the Little Bighorn River near the town of Hardin, Montana . Approximately fifty miles further downriver, it joins the Yellowstone. Variant names Image Bighorn River.jpg thumb left Bighorn River in Montana more likely in MT The Bighorn River has also been known as Great Horn River ... 0 88150 679 2 Notes reflist External links http waterplan.state.wy.us basins bighorn bighorn.html State of Wyoming Bighorn River Basin http wyomingpartners.fws.gov wy3c.htm U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... more details
Taxobox name Badlands bighorn status EX extinct 1905 image Ovis canadensis auduboni.jpg image width 250px image caption Specimen shot in 1903 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae subfamilia Caprinae genus Ovis species Ovis canadensis O. canadensis subspecies O. c. auduboni trinomial Ovis canadensis auduboni trinomial authority Clinton Hart Merriam Merriam , 1901 Audubon s BighornSheep Ovis canadensis auduboni , also known as the Badlands bighorn , is an extinct subspecies of bighornsheep . While the latter of the two names refers to the Badlands , it inhabited a range that included Montana , Wyoming , Nebraska , South Dakota , and North Dakota . ref cite book last Shackleton first David M. title Wild sheep and goats and their relatives status survey and conservation action plan for caprinae year 1997 publisher IUCN isbn 9782831703534 ref The species was hunted to extinction in the early 1900s. ref cite book last Krist first John title Voyage of rediscovery exploring the New West in the footsteps of Lewis & Clark year 2004 publisher iUniverse, Inc. location New York isbn 9780595335916 ref Since then, Rocky Mountain bighorn have replaced the species in its former habitat. ref cite book last Wormell first J. Patrick Lewis title Swan song poems of extinction year 2003 publisher Creative Editions location Mankato, MN. isbn 9781568461755 edition 1st ed. ref Newer studies, however, do not support the existence of the Badlands bighorn as a distinct subspecies. ref http fwp.mt.gov mtoutdoors HTML articles 2004 audubonbighorn.htm ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Badlands Bighorn Category Animals described in 1901 Category Extinct mammals of North America Category Controversial taxa Even toed ungulate stub ja ... more details
Little Bighorn may refer to Little Bighorn River , previously called Little Big Horn River a tributary of the Bighorn River in Wyoming and Montana Battle of the Little Bighorn , took place near the river in 1876 Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument , preserves the site of the 1876 battle Little Big Horn College , two year tribal college of the Crow Nation in Crow Agency, Montana Little Big Horn film Little Big Horn film , a 1951 Western movie starring Lloyd Bridges Little Big Horn album Little Big Horn album , a 1963 jazz album by Nat Adderley disambig pl Little Bighorn pt Little Bighorn ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Bighorn Lake image lake Bighorn Lake WY & MT SW part.jpg caption lake Southwestern part image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Big Horn County, Montana Big Horn Carbon County, Montana Carbon counties in Montana and Big Horn County, Wyoming Big Horn County in Wyoming coords coord 45 18 28 N 107 57 27 W region US MT type waterbody source dewiki display inline,title type reservoir inflow Bighorn River outflow Bighorn River catchment 20,000 square miles 50,000 km2 basin countries United States length width area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands cities Bighorn Lake is a reservoir in the United States located in Southern Montana and Northern Wyoming in the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . The lake is span style white space nowrap 40 mi 64 km span south of Billings, Montana . Bighorn Lake was created by the construction of Yellowtail Dam near Fort Smith, Montana in 1965. It stretches the entire span style white space nowrap 72 mi 115 km span length of the Bighorn Canyon at full pool. Photographs gallery Image Bighorn Lake WY MT East Portion.jpg Eastern portion of Bighorn Lake. gallery Category Landforms of Big Horn County, Montana Category Geography of Big Horn County, Wyoming Category Landforms of Carbon County, Montana Category Reservoirs in Montana Category Reservoirs in Wyoming Category Dams and reservoirs in U.S. National Park Service units Category Buildings and structures in Big Horn County, Montana Category Buildings and structures in Carbon County, Montana Category Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Montana geo stub Wyoming geo stub de Yellowtail Talsperre pl Jezioro Bighorn ... more details
Notability date November 2008 Infobox Airline airline Bighorn Airways logo logo size fleet size 20 destinations IATA ICAO BHR callsign BIGHORN AIR parent founded 1947 headquarters Sheridan, Wyoming Sheridan , Wyoming , United States USA key people hubs Sheridan County Airport focus cities alliance website http www.bighornairways.com Bighorn Airways is an United States American charter company based in Sheridan, Wyoming Sheridan , Wyoming , United States . It operates domestic charter passenger and cargo services, including contract services. Its main base is Sheridan County Airport . History The company was established and started operations in 1947. It is owned by Robert and Christopher Eisele. Citation needed date March 2007 Fleet The Bighorn Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft as of Aug 2010 Citation make link http www.bighornairways.com Bighorn Airways 4 CASA C.212 Aviocar CASA C 212 200 Aviocar 3 Dornier Do 228 Dornier 228 202 3 Cessna 340 2 Air Tractor AT 300 Air Tractor 301 1 Air Tractor AT 400 Air Tractor 402 1 Bell Jet Ranger Bell 206 Jet Ranger 1 Cessna 172 Cessna 172M Skyhawk 1 Cessna 180 1 Cessna 210 1 Cessna 425 1 Hiller OH 23 Raven Hiller 12E 1 Piper PA 18 Piper PA 18 Supercub External links http www.bighornairways.com Bighorn Airways Aviation lists Category Airlines of the United States Category Airlines established in 1947 Category Companies based in Wyoming Category Sheridan County, Wyoming US airline stub vi Bighorn Airways ... more details
Image Wpdms nasa topo bighorn basin.jpg 335px right frame The Bighorn Basin in Wyoming The Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles 160 km wide, in north central Wyoming in the United States . It is bounded by the Absaroka Range on the west, the Bighorn Mountains on the east, and the Owl Creek Mountains and Bridger Mountains Wyoming Bridger Mountains on the south. It is drained to the north by tributaries of the Bighorn River , which enters the basin from the south, through a gap between the Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains, as the Wind River Wyoming Wind River , and becomes the Bighorn as it enters the basin. The region is semi arid, receiving only 6 10 in 15 25 cm of rain annually. The largest cities in the basin include the Wyoming towns of Cody, Wyoming Cody , Thermopolis, Wyoming Thermopolis , Worland, Wyoming Worland , and Powell, Wyoming ... closed to white settlers following Red Cloud s War . Around the turn of the 20th century the Bighorn ... gang which operated from the Hole in the Wall area southeast of the Bighorn Basin. In 1942 one of the nation ... 10,000 internees. Geology File PowderRiverBasin.jpg thumb 350px The Bighorn and adjacent structures in NE Wyoming The Bighorn Basin forms a geologic structural basin filled with more than convert 20000 ... mined in the northern part of the basin, along the Bighorn Mountains . The eastern section of the basin ... Union Formation Fort Union Formations of the Bighorn Basin contain a well documented record of the Paleocene ... Chew first6 Amy title Basin wide magnetostratigraphic framework for the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming journal ... 7 8 ref Analysis of paleosol s here shows that the Bighorn Basin became more arid during the PETM ... Maximum PETM Analysis of paleosols in the bighorn basin, Wyoming journal Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology ... Polecat Bench record in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming author Gingerich, P.D. year 2003 ... Features Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area See also Uranium mining ... more details
Other uses pp semi small yes taxobox name Domestic sheep status DOM image Flock of sheep.jpg image width 250px image caption A research flock at U.S. Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, Idaho regnum ... Linnaeus , 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758 Sheep Ovis aries are quadruped al, ruminant mammal s typically kept as livestock . Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even toed ungulate s. Although the name sheep applies to many species in the genus Ovis , in everyday ... sheep are also the most numerous species of sheep. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon ... purposes, sheep are raised for Wool fleece , meat lamb, hogget or mutton and sheep milk milk . A sheep s wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by Sheep shearing shearing ... mutton when from older ones. Sheep continue to be important for wool and meat today, and are also .... Sheep husbandry is practised throughout the majority of the inhabited world, and has been fundamental ... South America n nations, and the British Isles are most closely associated with sheep production. citation needed date January 2012 Sheep raising has a large Glossary of sheep husbandry lexicon of unique terms which vary considerably by region and dialect . Use of the word sheep began in Middle English .... A group of sheep is called a flock, herd or mob. Adult female sheep are referred to as ewes, intact males as rams or occasionally tups, Castration castrated males as wethers, and younger sheep as lambs. Many other specific terms for the various life stages of sheep exist, generally related to lambing, shearing, and age. Being a key animal in the history of farming, sheep have a deeply entrenched ..., sheep are most often associated with pastoral , Arcadia utopia Arcadian imagery. Sheep figure ... traditions. In both ancient and modern religious ritual, sheep are used as Animal sacrifice sacrificial animals . TOC limit limit 3 Description Image Cr ne mouton.jpg thumb A sheep s skull Domestic ... more details
Refimprove date January 2009 File BighornDam.JPG thumb A section of the Bighorn Dam Bighorn Dam or Bighorn Hydro Plant is a dam located in Clearwater County, Alberta Clearwater County in west central Alberta , Canada . It was built by TransAlta Corporation in 1972, and lead to the creation of Lake Abraham , Alberta s largest man made lake . The plant is one of two TransAlta Hydropower hydroelectric plant s on the North Saskatchewan River System in Alberta . The Bighorn Plant generates more electricity each year than any of TransAlta s other hydro plants, enough to supply the equivalent of 58,300 Alberta households. The Bighorn embankment dam was built in 1972 in the mountain gap at Windy Point, Alberta Windy Point , in the Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies , west of the confluence of the North Saskatchewan River and the Bighorn River Alberta Bighorn River . Climate Weather box metric first yes single line Y location Bighorn Dam Jan record high C 13.0 Feb record high C 15.5 Mar record high C 21.0 Apr record high C 25.0 May record high C 29.0 Jun record high C 33.3 Jul record high C 32.8 Aug record high C 33.0 Sep record high C 31.1 Oct record high C 25.5 Nov record high C 16.0 Dec record high C 15.5 year record high C 33.3 Jan high C 2.9 Feb high C 0.2 Mar high C 3.7 Apr high C 9.1 May high C 13.9 Jun high C 17.8 Jul high C 20.6 Aug high C 20.3 Sep high C 15.5 Oct high C 10.0 Nov high C 1.7 Dec high C 1.8 year high C 9.0 Jan mean C 9.1 Feb mean C 6.3 Mar mean C 2.7 Apr mean C 2.8 May mean C 7.5 Jun mean C 11.5 Jul mean C 14.0 Aug mean C 13.3 Sep mean C 8.7 Oct mean C 3.8 Nov mean C 3.7 Dec mean C 7.3 year mean C 2.7 Jan low C 15.2 Feb low C 12.8 Mar low C 8.9 Apr low C 3.6 May low C 1.0 Jun low C 5.2 Jul low C 7.3 Aug low C 6.4 Sep low C 1.9 Oct low C 2.3 Nov low C 9.1 ... References Reflist coord 52 18 31.64 N 116 19 44.98 W type landmark region CA AB name Bighorn Dam ... stations in Alberta Alberta struct stub Dam stub Canada powerstation stub no Bighorn demningen ... more details
Infobox character name The Sheep series Alice image File John Tenniel Alice and the Knitting Sheep.jpeg 200px caption first Through the Looking Glass last cause creator Lewis Carroll portrayer episode nickname alias species Sheep gender Female age born death specialty occupation Shopkeeper family spouse significantother children relatives residence religion nationality Looking Glass Land The Sheep is a character arts character , created by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll . It appeared in Dodgson s book, Through the Looking Glass , the sequel to his book Alice s Adventures in Wonderland . Storyline The Sheep is first mentioned in the fifth chapter of Through the Looking Glass , Wool and Water . White Queen Through the Looking Glass The White Queen is talking to Alice Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Alice , when she suddenly starts baa ing and then seems to wrap herself in wool . Alice figures out she is in a shop, and that The White Queen has turned into a sheep. The Sheep sits in her chair knitting as Alice looks around the shop. She gives Alice a pair of her knitting needles, and asks her if she can row. As Alice begins to answer, she realizes that they are in a little boat, and that the needles have turned into oars. As they glide along the water, the Sheep repeatedly shouts out Feather, and tells Alice that they will be catching crabs. Alice s attention is then put onto some scented rushes growing in the water. She tries picking them, but they are only dream rushes and melt away. She then quickly catches a crab, which she actually didn t see, and they are all suddenly in the shop again. Alice buys an egg from the Sheep that ends up turning into Humpty Dumpty and the two part ways. References commonscat The Sheep cite book last Carroll first Lewis authorlink Lewis Carroll title Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There year 1871 chapter wikisource ... Sheep, The Category Fictional sheep Category Lewis Carroll characters Category Fictional characters ... more details
Infobox River river name Bighorn River image name BighornRiverValley.JPG caption Bighorn River Valley and Crescent Falls origin Bighorn Meadows br coord 52 17 34 N 116 32 39 W scale 10000 type river region CA AB mouth North Saskatchewan River br coord 52 21 17 N 116 14 51 W scale 10000 type river region CA SK basin countries CAN length elevation convert 1985 m ft abbr on mouth elevation convert 1216 m ft abbr on discharge watershed Image Bighornrivercanyon.JPG left thumb 200px The Bighorn River Canyon The Bighorn River is a short river originating in the Alberta foothills, and is a tributary of the North Saskatchewan River . The river , as well as the nearby Bighorn Range Alberta Bighorn Range and Bighorn Dam are named for the Bighornsheep which dominate the area. The name first appeared in 1865. ref Karamitsanis, Aphrodite 1991 . Place Names of Alberta, Volume 1. Calgary University of Calgary Press, pg. 22 ref Flowing under Mount McGuire , Bighorn River soon takes on Littlehorn and Sunkay Creeks, before plummeting over the impressive Crescent Falls . After the falls, the Bighorn travels through a significant canyon, before passing through the Bighorn Indian Reserve. The river then empties into the North Saskatchewan River after Lake Abraham . ref Mussio Ventures 2004 . Southwestern Alberta Backroad Mapbook, Burnaby Mussio Ventures. ref References reflist See also List of Alberta rivers Alberta rivers and lakes Alberta geo stub Category Rivers of Alberta pl Bighorn rzeka ... more details
wiktionarypar sheepSheep are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Sheep may also refer to Animals of the genus Ovis , including Domestic Sheep, BighornSheep, Dall Sheep, Argali, and Mouflon Animals of the genus Ammotragus Barbary Sheep , rare or extinct ruminants Sheep novel Sheep novel , a novel by British author Simon Maginn Sheep song Sheep song , a song by Pink Floyd on the album Animals The Sheep , a character in the novel Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Sheep zodiac , one of the animals in the Chinese zodiac Sheep video game Sheep video game , a puzzle video game SHEEP symbolic computation system See also Aries constellation , the sheep constellation Electric Sheep , an abstract screensaver Electric Sheep disambiguation List of fictional sheepSheep Island disambiguation Sheeple disambig bg ja gl Carneiro ... more details
Bighorn River can refer to Bighorn River , a river in Wyoming and Montana, USA Little Bighorn River , tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana Bighorn River Alberta , a river in Alberta, Canada geodis ... more details
Bighorn is an unincorporated settlement and locality in the Thompson River Thompson Canyon in British Columbia , Canada . It is a few miles south of Spences Bridge, British Columbia . The name originated as the name of a whistlestop on the Canadian Pacific Railway or CNR? and is a reference to the heyday of big game hunting in the area, where BighornSheep were once abundant and the region around Spences Bridge was one of the foci of the hunting industry in British Columbia. BritishColumbiaInterior geo stub coord missing British Columbia Category Thompson Country Category Populated places in the Thompson Nicola Regional District Category Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name This Desert Type EP Artist The Hundred in the Hands Cover The Hundred in the Hands This Desert.jpg Released 17 May 2010 ref cite web url http thehundredinthehands.com discography title Discography The Hundred In The Hands publisher Thehundredinthehands.com date 2010 01 22 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref Recorded Genre Electropop , dream pop Length 22 31 Label Warp Records Producer The Hundred in the Hands Last album This album This Desert br 2010 Next album The Hundred in the Hands album The Hundred in the Hands br 2010 Album ratings rev1 Drowned in Sound rev1Score Rating 8 10 ref cite web last Ashman first Neil url http drownedinsound.com releases 15383 reviews 4139968 title The Hundred in the Hand This Desert Releases Releases Drowned In Sound publisher Drownedinsound.com date 2010 05 14 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref rev2 PopMatters rev2Score Rating 8 10 ref cite web last Hart first Ron url http www.popmatters.com pm review 128687 the hundred in the hands this desert ep warp title The Hundred in the Hands This Desert EP PopMatters publisher Popmatters.com date accessdate 2012 03 12 ref rev3 Allmusic rev3Score Rating 3.5 5 ref cite web url http www.allmusic.com album r1746418 title This Desert The Hundred in the Hands publisher AllMusic date 2010 05 18 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref This Desert is the debut extended play EP by electropop duo The Hundred in the Hands . It was released in 18 May 2010 on Warp Records . The band member Jason Friedman said as we finished the EP and album, we saw that we had two different sounds. The EP is more washed out with reverb and delays, and the album is crisper and more immediate, like Dresden . ref cite web url http www.spinner.com 2010 05 24 hundred in the hands crisper debut lp title The Hundred in the Hands Get Crisper on Debut LP publisher Spinner date 2010 05 24 accessdate 2012 03 12 ref Track listing Building in L.O.V.E. 3 28 Tom Tom 3 40 Ghosts 3 50 Sleepwalkers 3 54 In To It 4 05 It s Only ... more details
thumb Makhtesh Ramon , Negev desert, Israel A desert is a landscape or region that receives ... eb article 70815 desert title desert accessdate 28 August 2011 work Encyclop dia Britannica online ref ref name usgs cite web url http pubs.usgs.gov gip deserts what title What is a desert ... climate classification system, deserts are classed as BWh hot desert or BWk temperate desert . In the Thornthwaite ... of what a desert is because being arid also depends on evaporation, which depends in part on temperature ... per year, and is immediately recognized as being located in a desert due to its arid adapted plants ... 10 in of precipitation per year and is often classified as a cold desert. ref name WalterBreckle2002 ... Workshop on Polar Desert Ecosystems Christchurch, New Zealand, 1 4 July 1996 url http ... supplements the measurement of rainfall in providing a scientific measurement based definition of a desert ... desert regions on Earth into three categories according to the amount of precipitation they received ... as trade wind, mid latitude, rain shadow, coastal, monsoon, or polar desert s. Former desert ... in a desert. The air then warms, expands, and blows across the desert. The warm, desiccated air takes with it any remaining moisture in the desert. Etymology File D sert du Thar.jpg thumb right The Thar Desert near Jaisalmer , India . File Q8desert.jpg thumb left Desert in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait Al Ahmadi , Kuwait English desert and its Romance languages Romance cognates including Italian language ... desert can cause confusion. In English prior to the 20th century, desert was often used in the sense ... used in its climate science sense an area of low precipitation and a desert may be quite heavily populated, with millions of inhabitants. Phrases such as desert island and Great American Desert in previous ... desert in western Libya , part of the Sahara . Geography File Sahara satellite hires.jpg thumb A satellite image of the Sahara , the world s largest hot desert. File AntarcticaDomeCSnow.jpg thumb The snow ... more details
Taxobox name Snow sheep status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Harris, R.B. & Tsytsulina. K. year 2008 id 15740 title Ovis nivicola downloaded 5 April 2009 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern. ref trend stable regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Bovidae genus Ovis species O. nivicola binomial Ovis nivicola binomial authority Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz Eschscholtz , 1829 range map Ovis nivicola map.png The snow sheep Ovis nivicola , or Siberian bighornsheep , is a species of sheep , which comes from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia . One subspecies, the Putorana Snow Sheep Ovis nivicola borealis lives isolated from the other forms in the Putoran mountains . The snow sheep is related to the North America n BighornSheep and Dall s Sheep , and some zoologists consider it a subspecies of this sheep. Subspecies Kolyma Snow Sheep , Ovis nivicola ssp Koryak Snow Sheep , Ovis nivicola koriakorum Okhotsk Snow Sheep , Ovis nivicola alleni Yakutia Snow Sheep , Ovis nivicola lydekkeri Kamchatka Snow Sheep , Ovis nivicola nivicola Putorana Snow Sheep , Ovis nivicola borealis Chukotka Snow Sheep , Ovis nivicola ssp References reflist de Artiodactyla R.3 DEFAULTSORT Snow Sheep Category Ovis sheep stub ca Mufl de Sib ria de Schneeschaf es Ovis nivicola eu Ovis nivicola fr Ovis nivicola it Ovis nivicola hu Szib riai juh nl Sneeuwschaap pl Owca nie na pt Ovis nivicola sr Ovis nivicola fi Lumilammas sv Sibiriskt sn f r ... more details
Map requested Infobox river name Little Bighorn River image name image size image alt caption image map map size 300px map alt map caption The Little Bighorn River origin coord 45 00 03 N 107 37 37 W display inline name Little Bighorn River ref name gnis mouth Coord 45 44 17 N 107 34 10 W display title,inline name Little Bighorn River ref name gnis cite gnis id 773405 name Little Bighorn River ref basin countries Big Horn County, Montana and Sheridan County, Wyoming progression length elevation mouth elevation convert 2884 ft m ref name gnis discharge watershed river system Yellowstone River left tribs right tribs The Little Bighorn River is a convert 138 mi km adj mid long ref cite web url http viewer.nationalmap.gov viewer title The National Map publisher U.S. Geological Survey accessdate Feb. 9, 2011 ref tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Wyoming and Montana . The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought on its banks in 1876, as well as the Crow War Battle of Crow Agency Battle of Crow Agency in 1887. The Little Bighorn rises in extreme northern Wyoming, along the north side of the Bighorn Mountains . It flows northward into Montana and across the Crow Indian Reservation , past the towns of Wyola, Montana Wyola , Lodge Grass, Montana Lodge Grass and Crow Agency, Montana Crow Agency , and joins the Bighorn near the town of Hardin, Montana Hardin . The battle site, now included in the grounds of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument , is approximately five miles south of Crow Agency, on the eastern side of the river. Variant names The Little Bighorn River has also been known as Custer River, Greasy Grass River Lakota name and Great ... River Montana geo stub br Little Bighorn de Little Bighorn River es R o Little Big Horn fr Little Bighorn fy Little Bighorn rivier it Little Bighorn he nl Little Bighorn no Little Bighorn elven pl Little Bighorn River ru fi Little Bighorn ... more details
Infobox NRHP name Bighorn Ditch Headgate nrhp type image Bighorn ditch NPS.jpg caption location W of Fort Smith at mouth of Bighorn Canyon, Fort Smith, Montana lat degrees 45 lat minutes 18 lat seconds 56 lat direction N long degrees 107 long minutes 57 long seconds 3 long direction W locmapin Montana area built 1892 architect Graves,William F. architecture added December 12, 1976 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref governing body National Park Service refnum 76000174 The Bighorn Ditch Headgate , also known as the Bighorn Canal Headgate , was built starting in 1892 to provide irrigation to the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana . The headgate structure diverted water from the Bighorn River . It was designed by William F. Graves, and construction was carried out by Crow laborers. The project was completed in 1904. The site is presently included in Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area . ref ... 1 date 2008 11 14 work List of Classified Structures title Bighorn Ditch publisher National Park Service ref ref name bica1 cite web title Bighorn Ditch Head Gate url http www.nps.gov bica historyculture bighorn ditch head gate.htm work Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area publisher National ... Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Bighorn Ditch Headgate 287 KB date January 12, 1976 author Rodd L. Wheaton publisher National Park Service ref The Bighorn Ditch was instrumental ... for consistent yield. The 1891 Reno Ditch provided water to 4500 later 12,500 Crow acres. The Bighorn ... , and permitted the Crows to stop receiving Federal food subsidies. ref name nrhpinv2 The Bighorn Ditch ... References reflist External links http www.nps.gov bica historyculture bighorn ditch head gate.htm Bighorn Ditch Headgate at Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area NRHP in Bighorn Canyon NRA National ... in the United States Category Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Category Crow tribe Montana NRHP stub nl Bighorn Ditch Headgate ... more details
for the Rocky Mountain range Big Horn Mountains Geobox Range Heading name Bighorn Mountains native name other name category Mountain Range Names etymology Image image image caption Country country United States state California region district San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County municipality topo map Bighorn Canyon topo maker USGS Family range border part city landmark river Locations lat d 34 lat m 18 lat s 27.015 lat NS N long d 116 long m 37 long s 30.080 long EW W highest highest location highest region highest country highest elevation 1744 highest lat d highest lat m highest lat s highest lat NS highest long d highest long m highest long s highest long EW lowest lowest location lowest region lowest country lowest elevation imperial lowest lat d lowest lat m lowest lat s lowest lat NS lowest long d lowest long m lowest long s lowest long EW Dimensions length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation height imperial area imperial Features timezone Pacific Standard Time Pacific utc offset 8 timezone DST Pacific Daylight Time PDT utc offset DST 7 geology orogeny period biome plant animal Free fields free free type Maps map California Locator Map.PNG map caption Location of the Bighorn Mountains in California ref name gnis cite gnis id 269859 name Bighorn Mountains accessdate 2009 05 04 ref map background map locator California Website website Footnotes footnotes The Bighorn Mountains are a mountain range in San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County , California . ref name gnis References reflist Category Mountain ranges of Southern California Category Mountain ranges of San Bernardino County, California SanBernardinoCountyCA geo stub ... more details
dot map caption Location of Bighorn No. 8 in Alberta dot x 102 dot y 217 pushpin map the name of a location ... Reeve Canada Reeve leader name Dene Cooper leader title1 Governing body leader name1 M.D. of Bighorn ... info website http www.mdbighorn.ca Bighorn No. 8 footnotes Infobox ends The Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 is a List of Alberta municipal districts municipal district situated in Division No. 15 ... 1.htm Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 profile Alberta Municipal Affairs ref absorbing the Canmore, Alberta Town of Canmore in the early 90 s. Communities Bighorn No. 8 includes the five hamlet place ... here. Demographics In the Canada 2011 Census 2011 Census , the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 ... date 2012 02 08 accessdate 2012 02 08 ref In 2006, the Municipal District M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 had ...1 CSD&Code1 4815015&Geo2 PR&Code2 48&Data Count&SearchText Bighorn 20No. 208&SearchType Begins&SearchPR 01&B1 All&GeoLevel &GeoCode 4815015 title Bighorn No. 8 Community Profile author Statistics ... 28 ref Using the pre revised Statistics Canada data, the M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 had a land area of convert ... name statcan2006 The Canada 2001 Census reported that the M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 had a population of 1,298 ... 01&B1 All&Custom Bighorn No. 8 Community Profile Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community ... Reflist External links http www.mdbighorn.ca MD of Bighorn No. 8 Canadian City Geographic Location 8 ... Mountain View County West Banff National Park Centre Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 East ... yes coord 51 21 N 115 04 W scale 100000 name Municipal District of Bighorn display title Category Bighorn ... more details
of wild species such as Bighornsheep O. canadesis . Most diseases of domestic sheep are transmittable ... sheepSheep were among the first animals to be domesticated by humankind sources provide a domestication date between nine and eleven thousand years ago in Mesopotamia . ref name sheep and goat Ensminger ... Feral sheep do exist, but exclusively in areas devoid of large predators usually islands and not on the scale ... & D. Philip Sponenberg DVM accessdate 2008 09 07 ref The exact line of descent between domestic sheep ... S, Kaupe B, Wassmuth R, Janke A title Molecular analysis of wild and domestic sheep questions current ... breed of domestic sheep turned feral rather than an ancestor, despite it commonly being cited as ancestor in past literature. ref name sheep and goat A few breeds of sheep, such as the Castlemilk Moorit sheep Castlemilk Moorit from Scotland, were formed through crossbreeding with wild European mouflon. The urial O. vignei was once thought to have been a forebear of domestic sheep, as they occasionally interbreed with mouflon in the Iranian part of their range. ref name sheep and goat However, the urial, argali O. ammon , and snow sheep O. nivicola have a different number of chromosome s than ... of urial ancestry. ref name Hiendleder Further studies comparing European and Asian breeds of sheep ... have been posited. The first is that there is a currently unknown species or subspecies of wild sheep that contributed to the formation of domestic sheep. ref cite journal author Hiendleder, S. K. Mainz ... sheep are derived from two different ancestral maternal sources no evidence for contributions from urial and argali sheep. journal Heredity journal The Journal of Heredity volume 89 issue 2 ..., et al. month March year 2007 title Five ovine mitochondrial lineages identified from sheep breeds ... of a bull, a sheep and a pig being led to sacrifice in Rome Initially, sheep were kept solely for meat ... for woolly sheep may have begun around 6000 BC, ref name sheep and goat ref name hobby but the earliest ... more details
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