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The San Juan River is a river of Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. It is a tributary of the Papaloapan River. The San Juan River is formed by the confluence of the Lalana and Trinidad rivers, whose headwaters are in the Sierra de Villa Alta sub-range of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca. The San Juan flows northeastwards before turning northwestwards.
The dam serves for flood control, irrigation and long-term water storage, and its operations are paired with two major water projects of the upper San Juan River: the San Juan–Chama Project which diverts almost 100,000 acre-feet (0.12 km 3) per year from the San Juan watershed to the Rio Grande system serving Albuquerque, New Mexico, [95] and ...
Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Rio Grande upstream. Major dams and reservoir lakes are also noted. San Juan River, or Rio San Juan (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila) [1] [2]
This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. ... Balleza River (San Juan River) San Fernando River (Conchos ...
The river feeds the El Cuchillo Dam, which provides the city of Monterrey with water. The San Juan River basin has a total surface area of 33,538 square kilometres (12,949 sq mi). [ 1 ] The San Juan River is a tributary to the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) — which is the fourth largest river basin in North America.
Dec. 4—Fly fishing on the San Juan River in the Four Corners. Skiing steep runs at Taos Ski Valley. Exploring the Gila Wilderness. Going below the Earth's surface at Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
The proposal comes as Native American tribes, states in the Colorado River basin and Mexico are working on a long-term plan to share a diminishing water source that has served 40 million people.
The San Juan River, which carries runoff from the southern slopes of the San Juan Mountains and the Four Corners region in Colorado and New Mexico, joins several miles further downstream; it forms an arm of the lake nearly 70 miles (110 km) long. Although the San Juan contributes only about one-tenth of the Colorado River flow, it is extremely ...