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East Fork San Juan River is a tributary of the San Juan River in southern Colorado in the United States. The stream flows from the confluence of Crater Creek and Elwood Creek in Mineral County to a confluence with the West Fork San Juan River in Archuleta County that forms the San Juan River. East Fork San Juan River, panoramic view
Flaming Gorge Reservoir is the largest reservoir in Wyoming, on the Green River, impounded behind the Flaming Gorge Dam. Construction on the dam began in 1958 and was completed in 1964. The reservoir stores 3,788,900 acre-feet (4.6735 × 10 9 m 3) of water when measured at an elevation of 6,040 feet (1,841 m) above sea-level (maximum).
San Rafael River; Dark Canyon; Dirty Devil River. Muddy Creek; Fremont River; Escalante River; San Juan River. East Fork San Juan River; West Fork San Juan River. Wolf Creek; Navajo River; Piedra River; Los Pinos River; Animas River. Florida River; La Plata River; Chaco River; Mancos River; Chinle Creek; Paria River; Little Colorado River. Zuni ...
The area was given the name "Flaming Gorge" by John Wesley Powell during his 1869 expedition down the Green River, due to the spectacular, gorgeous red sandstone cliffs that surround this part of the river. [2] The Flaming Gorge reservoir was created by the 1964 construction of the Flaming Gorge Dam across the Green River.
Santa Clara River; Ash Creek; Fort Pearce Wash; East Fork Virgin River; North Fork Virgin River; Kanab Creek; Paria River. Buckskin Gulch; San Juan River. Chinle Creek; Montezuma Creek; McElmo Creek; Escalante River. Coyote Gulch; Dirty Devil River. Fremont River. Sulphur Creek. Sand Creek; Muddy Creek; Green River. San Rafael River. Huntington ...
WYO 530 intersects no major highways along its 45-mile (72 km) route, however, it is a very scenic road, paralleling Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The reservoir is famous for its fishing, especially bass fishing, and has one of the largest shorelines in the state. It is the result of the Green River being dammed up near Dutch John, Utah. When ...
Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir , which extends 91 miles (146 km) into southern Wyoming , submerging four distinct gorges of the Green River.
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 ...