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- Colorado_River discharge "637.1290483425".
- Colorado_River maximumDischarge "10873.669091712".
- Colorado_River minimumDischarge "11.949709262246".
- Colorado_River watershed "637137.075142656".
- Colorado_River abstract "The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Rio Grande). The 1,450-mile (2,330 km) Colorado River drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. and two Mexican states. Rising in the central Rocky Mountains in the U.S., the river flows generally southwest across the Colorado Plateau and through the Grand Canyon before reaching Lake Mead on the Arizona–Nevada border, where it turns south toward the international border. After entering Mexico, the Colorado approaches the large Colorado River Delta at the tip of the Gulf of California between Baja California and Sonora.Known for its dramatic canyons and whitewater rapids, the Colorado is a vital source of water for agricultural and urban areas in the southwestern desert lands of North America. The river and its tributaries are controlled by an extensive system of dams, reservoirs, and aqueducts, which divert 90% of its water in the U.S. alone to furnish irrigation and municipal water supply for almost 40 million people both inside and outside the watershed. The Colorado's large flow and steep gradient are used for generating hydroelectric power, and its major dams regulate peaking power demands in much of the Intermountain West. Intensive water consumption has dried the lower 100 miles (160 km) of the river such that it has not consistently reached the sea since the 1960s.Beginning with small bands of nomadic hunter-gatherers, Native Americans have inhabited the Colorado River basin for at least 8,000 years. Between 2,000 and 1,000 years ago, the river and its tributaries fostered large agricultural civilizations, which may have been some of the most sophisticated indigenous cultures in North America. These societies are believed to have collapsed because of a combination of severe drought and poor land use practices. Most native peoples that inhabit the basin today are descended from other groups that settled in the region beginning about 1,000 years ago. Europeans first entered the Colorado Basin in the 16th century, when explorers from Spain began mapping and claiming the area, which later became part of Mexico upon its independence in 1821. Early contact between foreigners and natives was generally limited to the fur trade in the headwaters and sporadic trade interactions along the lower river.After the greater Colorado River basin became part of the U.S. in 1846, the bulk of the river's course was still largely the subject of myths and speculation. Several expeditions charted the Colorado in the mid-19th century, one of which, led by John Wesley Powell in 1869, was the first to run the rapids of the Grand Canyon. American explorers collected valuable information that would later be used to develop the river for navigation and water supply. Large-scale settlement of the lower basin began in the mid- to late-19th century, with steamboats providing transportation from the Gulf of California to landings along the Colorado River that linked to wagon roads into the interior of New Mexico Territory. Lesser numbers settled in the upper basin, which was the scene of major gold strikes in the 1860s and 1870s.Major engineering of the river basin began around the start of the 20th century, with many guidelines established in a series of domestic and international treaties known as the \"Law of the River\". The U.S. federal government was the main driving force behind the construction of hydraulic engineering projects in the river system, although many state and local water agencies were also involved. Most of the major dams in the river basin were built between 1910 and 1970, and the system keystone, Hoover Dam, was completed in 1935. The Colorado is now considered among the most controlled and litigated rivers in the world, with every drop of its water fully allocated.The damming and diversion of the Colorado River system have been opposed by the environmental movement in the American Southwest because of the detrimental effect on the ecology and natural beauty of the river and its tributaries. During the construction of Glen Canyon Dam, environmental organizations vowed to block any further development of the river, and a number of later dam and aqueduct proposals were defeated by citizen opposition. As demands for Colorado River water continue to rise, the level of human development and control of the river continues to generate controversy.".
- Colorado_River city Bullhead_City,_Arizona.
- Colorado_River city Glenwood_Springs,_Colorado.
- Colorado_River city Grand_Junction,_Colorado.
- Colorado_River city Lake_Havasu_City,_Arizona.
- Colorado_River city Moab,_Utah.
- Colorado_River city Page,_Arizona.
- Colorado_River city San_Luis_Río_Colorado.
- Colorado_River city Yuma,_Arizona.
- Colorado_River country Mexico.
- Colorado_River country United_States.
- Colorado_River discharge "637.1290483425".
- Colorado_River leftTributary Blue_River_(Colorado).
- Colorado_River leftTributary Dolores_River.
- Colorado_River leftTributary Eagle_River_(Colorado).
- Colorado_River leftTributary Fraser_River_(Colorado).
- Colorado_River leftTributary Gila_River.
- Colorado_River leftTributary Gunnison_River.
- Colorado_River leftTributary Little_Colorado_River.
- Colorado_River leftTributary San_Juan_River_(Colorado_River).
- Colorado_River length "2333548.8".
- Colorado_River maximumDischarge "10873.669091712".
- Colorado_River minimumDischarge "11.949709262246".
- Colorado_River mouthCountry Mexico.
- Colorado_River mouthElevation "0.0".
- Colorado_River mouthMountain Colorado_River_Delta.
- Colorado_River mouthPlace Colorado_River_Delta.
- Colorado_River mouthPosition Colorado_River__mouthPosition__1.
- Colorado_River mouthRegion Baja_California.
- Colorado_River rightTributary Dirty_Devil_River.
- Colorado_River rightTributary Escalante_River.
- Colorado_River rightTributary Green_River_(Colorado_River).
- Colorado_River rightTributary Hardy_River.
- Colorado_River rightTributary Kanab_Creek.
- Colorado_River rightTributary Virgin_River.
- Colorado_River riverMouth Gulf_of_California.
- Colorado_River source La_Poudre_Pass.
- Colorado_River sourceCountry United_States.
- Colorado_River sourceElevation "3104.0832".
- Colorado_River sourceMountain Rocky_Mountains.
- Colorado_River sourcePlace Rocky_Mountains.
- Colorado_River sourcePosition Colorado_River__sourcePosition__1.
- Colorado_River sourceRegion Colorado.
- Colorado_River state Arizona.
- Colorado_River state Baja_California.
- Colorado_River state California.
- Colorado_River state Colorado.
- Colorado_River state Nevada.
- Colorado_River state Sonora.
- Colorado_River state Utah.
- Colorado_River thumbnail Horseshoe_Bend_TC_27-09-2012_15-34-14.jpg?width=300.
- Colorado_River watershed "6.37137075142656E11".
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink flat.html.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink LargeFederalDams.pdf.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink 25178.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink livingrivers.org.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink water-data.com.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink agriculture.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink where-the-colorado-river-runs-dry.html?_r=2&ref=opinion.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink map.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink drought.html.
- Colorado_River wikiPageExternalLink killing-the-colorado.
- Colorado_River wikiPageID "180968".
- Colorado_River wikiPageLength "181927".
- Colorado_River wikiPageOutDegree "489".
- Colorado_River wikiPageRevisionID "708249355".
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink 1950s_Texas_drought.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink 66th_United_States_Congress.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Abies_lasiocarpa.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Acid_mine_drainage.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Acoma_Pueblo.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Alamo_Canal.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Alamo_River.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink All-American_Canal.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink American_bison.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Ancestral_Puebloans.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Andrade,_California.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Antecedent_drainage_stream.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Apache.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Aquarius_Plateau.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Arch_bridge.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Archaic_period_in_North_America.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Arches_National_Park.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Arizona.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Arkansas_River.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Arroyo_(creek).
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Athabaskan_languages.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Baja_California.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Basalt.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Baseflow.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Black_Canyon_of_the_Colorado.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Black_Canyon_of_the_Gunnison_National_Park.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Blue_River_(Colorado).
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Bluff,_Utah.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Bonytail_chub.
- Colorado_River wikiPageWikiLink Braided_river.