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Aerial view of the Animas River coming out of Durango The Animas River between Cedar Hill, New Mexico, and the Colorado border The Animas river is a major white water rafting attraction accounting for 8.9% of Colorado's commercial rafting market while annually generating 45,411 commercial user days and direct expenditures of $5,207,033 (2011 est).
Animas River 3,562 km 2 (1,375 mi 2) Hermosa Creek; Florida River; North Fork Animas River; South Fork Animas River; West Fork Animas River; Montezuma Creek 3,044 km 2 (1,175 mi 2) Mancos River 2,099 km 2 (810 mi 2) East Mancos River. Middle Mancos River; West Mancos River. North Fork West Mancos River; South Fork West Mancos River; McElmo ...
East of the Continental Divide, surface waters flow to the Gulf of Mexico, either via the Rio Grande or via one of several rivers (the South Platte River, the North Platte River, the Republican River, the Arkansas River, the Cimarron River, or the Canadian River) which eventually feed the Mississippi River along the way.
A map of the San Juan River watershed, which drains into the Colorado river, showing the northern tributary of the Animas River. The impact on the Animas River was quickly visible; one Durango-based journalist described the water color after the accident as "Tang that has been maybe mixed too thickly." [21] The river was closed to recreation ...
The airport is 23 miles (37 km) from Downtown Denver, which is 15 miles (24 km) farther away than Stapleton International Airport, the airport DEN replaced. [ 10 ] The 52.4 square miles (136 km 2 ; 33,500 acres) [ 6 ] of land occupied by DEN is the largest amount of commercial airport land area in North America, by a great extent.
West Fork Animas River is a tributary of the Animas River in San Juan County, Colorado. It flows from a source near Hurricane Peak to a confluence with the North Fork ...
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.
Florida River is a 61.7-mile-long (99.3 km) [2] tributary of the Animas River in La Plata County, Colorado.. The river's source is Lillie Lake in the Weminuche Wilderness.After being impounded by the Lemon Dam to form Lemon Reservoir about fifteen miles northeast of Durango, it joins the Animas River south of Durango on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation near the New Mexico state line.