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The Snake River is a short tributary of the Blue River, approximately 15 miles (24 km) long, in central Colorado in the United States. It drains a mountainous area on the west side of the Front Range in southeastern Summit County east of Keystone .
As the valley dropped, water filled it to create Lake Teewinot, which drained east into the Green River–Colorado River system. About 1 Ma, the Snake River captured the Jackson Hole watershed, draining Lake Teewinot and finally connecting the modern-day Snake headwaters to the rest of the river. [80]
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America. An enlargeable map of the State of Colorado.. This is an alphabetical list of some notable lakes and reservoirs in the U.S. State of Colorado.
Dillon Reservoir, sometimes referred to as Lake Dillon, is a large fresh water reservoir located in Summit County, Colorado, United States, south of I-70 and bordered by the towns of Frisco, Silverthorne, and Dillon. It is a reservoir for the city of Denver, and its waters are under the control of Denver Water.
Lake Fork (Arkansas River tributary) Lake Fork Gunnison River; Laramie River 11,961 km 2 (4,618 mi 2) Left Hand Creek; Little Beaver Creek 1,602 km 2 (619 mi 2) Little Cimarron River; Little Dolores River; Little Dry Creek; Little Navajo River; Little Snake River 10,629 km 2 (4,104 mi 2) Little Thompson River; Lodgepole Creek 8,374 km 2 (3,233 ...
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 North Fork Snake River is a tributary of the Snake River in central Colorado in the United States. It flows from a source near Loveland Pass to a confluence with the Snake River in Keystone . Pass Lake is a secondary source of the river.
The largest reservoir entirely contained in Colorado is Blue Mesa Reservoir, with a capacity of 829,500 acre⋅ft (1.0 billion m 3). The total storage of the reservoirs on this list is 3,804,458 acre⋅ft (4.7 billion m 3), although not all is allocated for use by Colorado.