Green River

English Proper noun Green River en The name of many <<rivers>>, mostly in the <<c/United States>>, but also in <<c/Canada>> and <<c/South Africa>>. en tributary of the Colorado River which flows through the U.S. states of s/Wyoming s/Utah and s/Colorado. I 17 The Green River heads near Fremont’s Peak, in the Wind River Mountains. Terra Incognita: Into the Maze 259 If we keep going we will reach the Green River, about ten miles away according to our map, just above its confluence with the Colorado. en w:John McPhee Rising from the Plains 1986 reprinted in w:Annals of the Former World 1998 New York w:Farrar, Straus and Giroux 298 https://archive.org/details/annalsofformerwo00mcph/page/298 The Green River has cut down through the Uinta Mountains in the last few million years, the Wind River through the Owl Creek Mountains, the Laramie River through the Laramie Range. en unincorporated community co/Henry County s/Illinois c/USA. en small city co/Emery County s/Utah c/USA. en city/county seat co/Sweetwater County s/Wyoming, named after the Green River (Colorado River tributary) local Green River. V 119 May 24, 1869.—The good people of Green River City turn out to see us start. We raise our little flag, push the boats from shore, and the swift current carries us down. Down the River 168 From the railroad town of Green River, Wyoming, to the mouth of the Grand Canyon in what is now Lake Mead, John Wesley Powell Powell's first journey took three months.