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The following tributary chart shows many important streams that flow through the State of Colorado including all 158 named rivers. The chart is arranged by tributary and area of the drainage basin. [1] The names of the 17 Colorado rivers with a drainage basin of more than 10,000 square kilometers (3,900 sq mi) are shown in bold.
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 ...
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.
All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed. Estimates are approximate, because data are variable with time period measured and also because many rivers lack a gauging station near their point of outflow.
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. Located in north central Colorado it flows southwest through the Colorado Plateau country of western Colorado, southeastern Utah and northwestern Arizona where ...
Two rivers, the Colorado and the Rio Grande, begin in the United States and flow into or form a border with Mexico. [5] In addition, the drainage basins of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers extend into Canada, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and the basin of the Gila River extends into Mexico.
An enlargeable digital elevation map of the state of Colorado. Geography of Colorado. Colorado is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America; Location Northern Hemisphere; Western Hemisphere. Americas. North America. Anglo America; Northern America. United States of America. Contiguous United States. Western United States ...
List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of longest rivers of the United States by state; List of rivers of the United States by discharge; List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers of U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline