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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|5015|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|4995|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|19|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_30.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205145322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_30.txt |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the fifth-largest county in Montana by land area. Most of the county's land area is [[Indian reservation]]s: The [[Crow Indian Reservation]] covers 64.2 percent of its area, while the [[Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation]] covers another 6.37 percent. The county is home to the Big Horn, [[Pryor Mountains|Pryor]] and [[Wolf Mountains|Wolf]] mountain ranges. ===Major highways=== {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * [[File:I-90.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 90 in Montana|Interstate 90]] * [[File:US 87.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 87#Montana|U.S. Highway 87]] * [[File:US 212.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 212#Montana and Wyoming|U.S. Highway 212]] * [[File:MT-47.svg|20px]] [[Montana Highway 47]] * [[Montana Highway 313]] * [[Montana Highway 314]] {{div col end}} ===Adjacent counties=== {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * [[Carbon County, Montana|Carbon]] - west * [[Yellowstone County, Montana|Yellowstone]] - northwest * [[Treasure County, Montana|Treasure]] - north * [[Rosebud County, Montana|Rosebud]] - northeast * [[Powder River County, Montana|Powder River]] - east * [[Sheridan County, Wyoming]] - south * [[Big Horn County, Wyoming]] - southwest {{div col end}} ===National protected areas=== * [[Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area]] (part) * [[Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument]] ===Climate=== According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Big Horn County has a [[semi-arid climate]], abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bighorn, Montana Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase) |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=463442&cityname=Bighorn,+Montana,+United+States+of+America&units= |access-date=March 24, 2018 |website=Weatherbase}}</ref>
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