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The forest includes the 1,085 acres (4.39 km 2) Dunnfield Creek Natural Area; the creek is designated a wild trout stream. The 258 acres (1.04 km 2) Sunfish Pond Natural Area consists of a glacial lake and the surrounding chestnut oak forest, and can be reached by a steep and rocky climb along the Appalachian Trail. At 1,527 feet (465 m), Mount ...
The Colorado River Headwaters National Scenic Byway is an 80-mile (129 km) National Scenic Byway and Colorado Scenic and Historic Byway located in Eagle and Grand counties, Colorado, US. The byway follows the upper Colorado River from Grand Lake down to State Bridge .
Sedimentary rock is along the river. The Bloomsburg Red Beds, a red shale, are at the gap under Dunnfield Creek. The Delaware Water Gap is nearly 1,300 feet (400 m) wide at river level and about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide from the top of Mt. Tammany to the top of Mt. Minsi. It is more than 1,200 feet (370 m) from mountaintop to the river surface. [7]
The river's first diversion is here at its headwater. The Grand Ditch redirects water from the Never Summer Mountains, which would have flowed into the Colorado River, to instead flow across the divide through La Poudre Pass to irrigate farmland to the east. Near the source of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
The Colorado River (Spanish: Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long (2,330 km) river, the 5th longest in the United States, drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states.
Kiowa Creek: South Platte River: 1,888 km 2 729 mi 2: 1,888 km 2 729 mi 2: 100% Pawnee Creek: South Platte River: 1,875 km 2 724 mi 2: 1,875 km 2 724 mi 2: 100% McElmo Creek: San Juan River: 1,842 km 2 711 mi 2: 1,654 km 2 639 mi 2: 89.8% Blue River [s] upper Colorado River (Grand River) 1,770 km 2 683 mi 2: 1,770 km 2 683 mi 2: 100% Piedra River
The creek passes through a deep and picturesque canyon called Deep Creek Canyon. The creek descends nearly 4,300 feet (1,300 meters) from Deep Lake downstream to its confluence with the Colorado River. There is a vertical a drop that forms a deep canyon with vertical cliffs and slopes that make up the canyon walls.
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 River. Rio Nutria, tributary ...