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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 ...
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 ...
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 River. Rio Nutria, tributary to the Zuni River; Rio Pescado ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Negotiating terms outlined late Wednesday include water rights not only for the Navajo Nation but the neighboring Hopi and San Juan Southern Paiute tribes in the northeastern corner of the state.
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