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The Imperial National Wildlife Refuge protects wildlife habitat along 30 miles (50 km) of the lower Colorado River in Arizona and California, including the last un-channeled section before the river enters Mexico. The Imperial Refuge Wilderness, a federally designated, 15,056-acre (60.93 km 2), wilderness area is protected within the refuge. [1]
Mittry Lake is located in the Mittry Lake Wildlife Area, just north of Yuma, Arizona, on the Lower Colorado River. It is located in between the upstream Imperial Dam and the downstream Laguna Dam. Mittry Lake comprises about 750 acres (300 ha), with much of the shoreline covered with cattails and bullrush.
The point where the Arikaree River flows out of Yuma County and into Cheyenne County, Kansas is the lowest point in the State of Colorado at 1,010 meters (3,310 feet) elevation. This crossing point is the highest low point of any U.S. state. [4]
There it joins with the Arikaree River to form the Republican River. The North Fork Republican River drains an area of 5,086 square miles (13,170 km 2), including 4,449 square miles (11,520 km 2), or 87.5%, in eastern Colorado, 575 square miles (1,490 km 2), or 11.3%, in southwestern Nebraska, and 62 square miles (160 km 2), or 1.2%, in ...
Martinez Lake is a lake in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona, about 60 miles north of Yuma, Arizona on the Lower Colorado River. The community of Martinez Lake, Arizona is located on the lake.
The Laguna Diversion Dam is a rock-filled diversion dam on the Colorado River. It is located 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Winterhaven, CA – Yuma, AZ on Imperial County route S24 . Constructed between 1905 and 1909, the dam was the first dam built on the Colorado River and subsequently ended boat travel to the north.
Topock Gorge is a mountainous canyon and gorge section of the Colorado River, located between Interstate 40 and Lake Havasu. The town of Needles, California, to the northwest, was named for the "needle-like" vertical rock outcroppings. The natural landmarks and river crossing by them were one of the journey markers for travelers on historic ...
Supplies were shipped up the Colorado on river boats to Yuma and stored at the Yuma Quartermaster Depot. [1] The supplies gathered at the quartermaster depot were shipped throughout the southwest via river boats and overland on mule team freight wagons. Up to 900 mules were kept in stables at Yuma Quartermaster Depot. The arrival of the ...