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This plateau covers an area of 336,700 km 2 (130,000 mi 2) within western Colorado, northwestern New Mexico, southern and eastern Utah, northern Arizona, and a tiny fraction in the extreme southeast of Nevada. About 90% of the area is drained by the Colorado River and its main tributaries: the Green, San Juan, and Little Colorado.
The mountains are timbered with conifers and aspen to the tree line, at an elevation of about 12,000 ft (3,700 m) in southern Colorado to about 10,500 ft (3,200 m) in northern Colorado; above this only alpine vegetation grows. The Rockies are snow-covered only in the winter; most snow melts by mid-August with the exception of a few small glaciers.
The Spanish adjective "colorado" means "colored red" or "ruddy". Colorado is nicknamed the "Centennial State" because it became a state 100 years (and four weeks) after the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. Denver is the capital, the most populous city, and the center of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
The Snake Range is a mountain range in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. [1] The south-central portion of the range is included within Great Basin National Park, with most of the remainder included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
The White Pine Range Wilderness is a 40,013-acre (16,193 ha) wilderness area in southwestern White Pine County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Geography The ...
Guadaloupe County was the first Colorado county to be renamed after only six days in 1861. 8. Las Animas County was the first new Colorado county to be created (in 1866) after the original 17 counties. 9. Greenwood County was the longest lived former Colorado county, existing four years from 1870 to 1874. 10.
The 40,013-acre (161.9 km 2) White Pine Range Wilderness Area borders the Currant Mountain Wilderness on the south. Although named after the Limber Pine, the range might better be known for its large and vigorous stand of Great Basin Bristlecone Pines. Young and old trees alike exist at elevations above 10,000 feet, right up to the summit of ...
The White River Plateau [1] is a "broad structural dome" [2] located north of Glenwood Springs, Colorado and north of the Colorado River in the United States. Also called the White River Uplift, the mountainous area is shown on maps as being roughly circular in area, occupying parts of the Colorado counties of Garfield and Rio Blanco, with small portions extending into Eagle and Routt counties ...