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The project consists of three major components: A 280 cubic feet per second (7.9 m³/s) pumping plant on the Animas River just south of downtown Durango, Colorado; An underground pipeline to carry project water from the pumping plant to the off-stream reservoir; and; the reservoir, Lake Nighthorse, at Ridges Basin, southwest of Durango.
The La Plata basin is bounded by the Brazilian Highlands to the north, the Andes Mountains to the west, and Patagonia to the south. The watershed extends mostly northward from the source of the Río de la Plata for roughly 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi), as far as Brasília and Cuiabá in Brazil and Sucre in Bolivia, spanning latitudes between 14 and 37 degrees south and longitudes between 43 and ...
The La Plata River (Spanish: Río de la Plata) is the longest river in Puerto Rico. It is located in the north coast of the island. [1] It flows from south to north, and drains into the Atlantic Ocean about 11 miles (18 km) west of San Juan. The mouth of the river is a resort area with white sandy beaches. [2] [3]
Lake Nighthorse is a reservoir created by the 270 feet (82 m) high Ridges Basin Dam [1] southwest of Durango in La Plata County Colorado.As part of the Animas-La Plata Water Project, Lake Nighthorse provides water storage for tribal and water right claim-holders along the Animas River.
The Animas-La Plata Water Project was completed in 2015. The project pumps water over a low pass to fill a reservoir, Lake Nighthorse, in Ridges Basin to satisfy Southern Ute tribal water rights claims associated with the Colorado Ute Settlement Act amendments of 2000. [5] Numerous irrigation ditches serve the surrounding farmland along the river.
The La Plata had recently been opened to commerce after the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas had been forced from office. In addition to charting the waterways of the Río de la Plata basin, Page was instructed to explore the surrounding countryside and collect natural history specimens for the naturalist Spencer Fullerton Baird at the ...
The Permanent Transportation Commission of the La Plata Basin (CPTCP), made up of the users of the navigable waterway from the five signatory countries of the agreement, certified that "the hydro-morphological conditions of the river in the Santa Fe-Confluencia section, due to its natural depths, allow the safe navigation of vessels at a 10 ...
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.