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Map of the Colorado River drainage basin The principal tributaries of the Colorado River of North America are the Gila River , the San Juan River , the Green River , and the Gunnison River . Tributary tree
The highest point in the Colorado River Basin is 14,321-foot (4,365 m) Uncompahgre Peak in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, while some water from the river drains via irrigation run-off into California's Salton Sea, 236 feet (72 m) below sea level.
The big water projects in the San Juan River basin were mostly built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation after the 1950s as participating units of the Colorado River Storage Project, whose aim was to regulate the water supply of the upper Colorado River system, control floods and generate power.
A new global analysis finds U.S. states along the Colorado River are under extremely high water stress. The region is grappling with how to reduce water use.
But clearly some regions, like the Colorado River Basin, are still affected. The report calls on governments around the world to put efficiency measures into place.
The Colorado River, which means 'red' [7] or 'reddish' river in Spanish, [8] was frequently confused by Spanish explorers with the Brazos River to the north. [6] The European discoverer of these two neighboring rivers called the present Colorado River the Brazos de Dios, and called the present Brazos the Colorado River. The two names would ...
The Colorado River Upper Basin, comprised of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, and the Lower Basin, made up of California, Arizona and Nevada, have been quarreling for months over seemingly ...
The river's first diversion is here at its headwater. The Grand Ditch redirects water from the Never Summer Mountains, which would have flowed into the Colorado River, to instead flow across the divide through La Poudre Pass to irrigate farmland to the east. Near the source of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado