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  2. Lower Colorado water resource region - Wikipedia

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    Subregion Map 1501 Lower Colorado–Lake Mead subregion: The Colorado River Basin from the Lee Ferry compact point to Hoover Dam, but excluding the Little Colorado River Basin. Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. 29,900 sq mi (77,000 km 2) HUC1501: 1502 Little Colorado subregion: The Little Colorado River Basin. Arizona and New Mexico. 26,900 sq mi ...

  3. Lower Colorado River Valley - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Colorado River Valley has unique plant communities because it is the most arid part of the desert and it has the highest temperatures, in excess of 120 °F (49 °C) during the summer. The low humidity means that most plants must have mechanisms that deal with severe water loss through evaporation.

  4. List of dams in the Colorado River system - Wikipedia

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    Map showing locations of major dams in the Colorado River basin. Lee's Ferry, which separates the Upper and Lower Basins, is located just downriver from Glen Canyon Dam. This is a list of dams on the Colorado River system of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

  5. List of tributaries of the Colorado River - Wikipedia

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    The following is a tree demonstrating the points at which the major and minor tributaries of the Colorado River branch off from the main river and from each other. (Source-upstream) Fraser River; Muddy Creek; Blue River. Snake River; Tenmile Creek; Piney River; Eagle River. Gore Creek; Roaring Fork River. Fryingpan River; Crystal River; Plateau ...

  6. Biden administration offers alternatives for Colorado River’s ...

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    The U.S. portion of the Colorado River region is split into a Lower and an Upper basin, which, respectively, include California, Arizona and Nevada, and Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.

  7. Biden administration outlines options for addressing Colorado ...

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    The disputes have pitted the three states in the river’s lower basin — California, Arizona and Nevada — against the four upper-basin states — Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico.

  8. Key Colorado River basins could be at a tipping point: Study

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    Six key watersheds along the Colorado River have become increasingly vulnerable to drought and could be nearing a point of no return, a new study has found. These basins, located in Colorado’s ...

  9. Course of the Colorado River - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the Colorado River basin. The Colorado River is a major river of the western United States and northwest Mexico in North America. Its headwaters are in the Rocky Mountains where La Poudre Pass Lake is its source.