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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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]
Location: Rio Arriba / San Juan counties in New Mexico; Archuleta County in Colorado, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: San Juan River, Piedra River: Primary outflows: San Juan River: Catchment area: 3,190 sq mi (8,300 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 15,600 acres (63 km 2): Water volume: 1,708,600 acre⋅ft (2.1075 km 3): Surface elevation ...
San Juan Creek, also called the San Juan River, located in Orange County, California; San Juan Creek (Estrella River tributary) in San Luis Obispo County, California San Juan River (Colorado River tributary) in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico in the United States, a tributary of the Colorado River