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The Department of Conservation renamed it the Rifle River Area and used it as a field laboratory for fish and game research. In 1963, the Parks Division acquired the area and it is now known as the Rifle River State Recreation Area. The rifle river recreation area is a family friendly campground with more than 4,000 acres and ten scenic lakes.
Rifle River is a 60.3-mile-long (97.0 km) [1] river in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in northeastern Ogemaw County and flows through Arenac County to enter Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron . [ 2 ]
Location: Rio Arriba / San Juan counties in New Mexico; Archuleta County in Colorado, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: San Juan River, Piedra River: Primary outflows: San Juan River: Catchment area: 3,190 sq mi (8,300 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Surface area: 15,600 acres (63 km 2): Water volume: 1,708,600 acre⋅ft (2.1075 km 3): Surface elevation ...
The river was the subject of a 2005 study by the New Mexico Environment Department Surface Water Quality Bureau into the effects of wastewater from Taos Ski Valley, which is discharged from the Village of Taos Ski Valley Waste Water Treatment Plant. [4] In Spanish, Río Hondo means "deep river". [5]
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of New Mexico arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. East of the continental divide [ edit ]
The river flows south for about 5 miles (8.0 km), then turns west. It is joined by La Junta Creek from the south, then Buffalo Grass Creek from the north. After flowing west for about 5 miles (8.0 km), and just downstream from the mouths of Frijoles Canyon on the north and Palo Encebado Canyon on the south, the Rio Pueblo de Taos abruptly ...
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The Mesilla Diversion Dam is located in the Rio Grande about 40 miles (64 km) upstream of El Paso, Texas, about 6 miles (9.7 km) to the south of Las Cruces, New Mexico.It diverts water from the river for irrigation in the lower Mesilla Valley.