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Map showing the Colorado River basin. The Colorado River is a major river of the western United States and northwest Mexico in North America. Its headwaters are in the Rocky Mountains where La Poudre Pass Lake is its source.
The location of the State of Colorado in the United States of America. The Gunnison River in the Black Canyon. This is a list of drainage basins in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado encompasses the headwaters of several important rivers. The state is divided into two major hydrographic regions by the Continental Divide of the Americas.
The Upper Basin covers only 45 percent of the land area of the Colorado River Basin, but contributes 92 percent of the runoff. [57] The entire eastern boundary of the Colorado River Basin runs along the North American Continental Divide and is defined largely by the Rocky Mountains and the Rio Grande Basin.
Map showing locations of major dams in the Colorado River basin. Lee's Ferry, which separates the Upper and Lower Basins, is located just downriver from Glen Canyon Dam. This is a list of dams on the Colorado River system of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
1. Pacific Northwest Basin; 2. California River Basin; 3. Great Basin; 4. Lower Colorado River Basin; 5. Upper Colorado River Basin; 6. Rio Grande River Basin
"Six out the seven states within the Colorado River Compact rank in the top 10 of most water stressed states in the United States." ... But clearly some regions, like the Colorado River Basin, are ...
A new global analysis finds U.S. states along the Colorado River are under extremely high water stress. ... on a map, the first thing I saw was the Colorado River Basin,” said Samantha Kuzma ...
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