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La Plata River (Navajo: Tsé Dogoi Ńlíní) is a 70-mile-long (110 km) [2] tributary to the San Juan River in La Plata County, Colorado, and San Juan County, New Mexico, in the United States. This small river heads at the western foot of Snow Storm Peak in the La Plata Mountains of southwestern Colorado , approximately 35 miles (56 km) north ...
McElmo Creek is a 70.1-mile-long (112.8 km) [2] tributary that joins the San Juan River in San Juan County, Utah. The creek's source is just east of Cortez in Montezuma County, Colorado. The flow in McElmo Creek increased after water was diverted out of the Dolores River just downstream of Dolores by the construction of the Montezuma Tunnel in ...
Rail traffic along the San Juan River declined with the closure of mines, although it was revived briefly in the 1960s by a temporary rise in oil production. When Navajo Dam was built along the upper San Juan River, it flooded the towns of Rosa and Arboles as well as a large portion of the D&RGW San Juan Line through the river canyon. The ...
Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in order from the mouth of the Río de la Plata upriver. The terms "right" and "left" indicate on which side of the main stem river a tributary is located, from the perspective of looking downriver, following standard river bank terminology usage .
When the San Juan River flows out of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, it contributes 15% of Lake Powell’s water. But there’s a problem. Glen Canyon Dam has created a world of ...
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No Continent River Average discharge (m 3 /s) Length Drainage area (km 2) Outflow Type (km) (miles) 1 South America: Amazon: 224,000 6,992 4,345 6,915,000 Atlantic Ocean
West Fork North Fork Purgatoire River; West Fork Rio Chama; West Fork San Juan River; West Mancos River; White River 12,989 km 2 (5,015 mi 2) White Woman Creek 3,000 km 2 (1,158 mi 2) Williams Fork (Colorado River tributary) Williams Fork (Yampa River tributary) Willow Creek; Wind River; Wolf Creek; Yampa River 21,506 km 2 (8,304 mi 2) Yellow ...