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In 1922, six U.S. states signed the Colorado River Compact, which divided half of the river's flow to both the Upper Basin (the drainage area above Lee's Ferry, comprising parts of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming and a small portion of Arizona) and the Lower Basin (Arizona, California, Nevada, and parts of New Mexico and Utah).
Colorado River water is delivered to Mexico at Morelos Dam, located 1.1 miles downstream from where the California-Baja California land boundary intersects the river between the town of Los Algodones in northwestern Mexico and Yuma County, Ariz.
Colorado River, major river of North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, U.S., and flowing generally west and south for 1,450 miles (2,330 kilometres) into the Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico.
The Colorado River originates in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, where La Poudre Pass Lake is its source. It flows through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico, forming the boundary between Sonora and Baja California before entering the Gulf of California.
The Colorado River begins at La Poudre Pass in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado, at 10,184 ft above sea level. After a short run south, it turns west below Grand Lake, then south at 1,450 mi. gaining strength from many tributaries to the Sea of Cortez in northwestern Mexico, where it ends.
Nearly all the remaining water is shunted aside into an immense canal and flows toward the farmlands and cities of Baja California. South of the dam, the last of the river disappears in...
The Colorado River Delta is the region where the Colorado River once flowed into the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez) in eastern Mexicali Municipality in the north of the state of Baja California, in northwestern Mexico.
After Lake Mead, it heads down the California-Arizona border into northwestern Mexico. The river’s natural course ends in the Gulf of California, but since the early 1960s, when Glen Canyon Dam impounded the river near Page, Arizona, it has rarely reached the Pacific Ocean. What is the Colorado River Basin?
The Colorado River flows through Yuma and is joined by the Gila River. It then flows for about 39 kilometers along the US-Mexico border. At Morelos Dam, the river is diverted to Mexicali Valley. In Mexico, the Colorado River flows mostly along the Sonora-Baja California border on its way to the Gulf of California. Plant and Animal Life Colorado ...
The Colorado River is a large river in the U.S. Southwest and northwestern Mexico that drains an area of about 246,000 square miles. It flows through several states, canyons, dams and reservoirs, and has a rich human history and importance.