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Map showing the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin, and adjacent areas supplied by Colorado River water. The Colorado River Basin consists of 246,000 square miles (640,000 km 2 ), making it the seventh largest drainage basin in North America. [ 1 ]
Map showing the Colorado River basin. ... is situated in the town of Page in northern Arizona only about 15 miles (24 km) by river from the Utah border.
Guadalupe Canyon Creek, tributary to the San Bernardino River joins it at just below Dieciocho de Augusto, Sonora. Whitewater Draw : originally considered the upper reach of the Rio de Agua Prieta , it enters Mexico as the head of Rio de Agua Prieta, which runs southward then southeast to join the Rio de San Bernardino , at La Junta de los Rios ...
The Little Colorado River (Hopi: Paayu) is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona, [2] providing the principal drainage from the Painted Desert region. Together with its major tributary, the Puerco River , it drains an area of about 26,500 square miles (69,000 km 2 ) in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico .
The following is a tree demonstrating the points at which the major and minor tributaries of the Colorado River branch off from the main river and from each other. (Source-upstream) Fraser River; Muddy Creek; Blue River. Snake River; Tenmile Creek; Piney River; Eagle River. Gore Creek; Roaring Fork River. Fryingpan River; Crystal River; Plateau ...
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.
The Lower Colorado River Valley is in the western part of the Sonoran Desert, which is called the Colorado Desert. the Sonoran Desert region proper extends from areas west of the river, and then southeastwards to southeast Arizona, south along the eastern side of the Baja Peninsula cordillera to Baja California Sur, and southeast Sonora state ...
The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The river is about 162 miles (261 km) long. [ 3 ] It was designated Utah's first wild and scenic river in 2009, during the centennial celebration of Zion National Park .