Colorado River - Wikipedia
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.
Colorado River | Location, History, Map, & Facts | Britannica
2024年9月27日 · Colorado River, major river of North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, U.S., and flowing generally west and south for 1,450 miles (2,330 kilometres) into the Gulf of California in northwestern Mexico.
Colorado River - American Rivers
At 1,450 miles long, the Colorado River is the sixth longest in the nation, passing through seven states and two nations. The Colorado basin spans 260,000 square miles, about 8 percent of the continental U.S. The river flows through 11 national parks and monuments.
Course of the Colorado River - Wikipedia
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.
New Colorado River plans spur fight over which states should get ... - CNN
2024年3月6日 · CNN — Seven Western states are starting to plot a future for how much water they’ll draw from the dwindling Colorado River in a warmer, drier world. The river is the lifeblood for the West –...
Here's what will happen if Colorado River system doesn't recover …
2023年4月19日 · The Colorado River, one of the most important river systems in the country, is drying up at an alarming rate. The issues surrounding depleting water levels along the Colorado River basin have become as heated as the arid climate contributing to the moisture-sapping megadrought persisting in the region for decades.
Colorado River crisis explained — Harvard Gazette
2023年2月14日 · GAZETTE: There was a recent article on the crisis over Colorado River water that called it a “slow-motion disaster.” How would you characterize it? HORSLEY: That is a good way to put it. Slow things are not as dramatic, don’t catch attention.
Colorado River rules will change after 2026. Why, and in what ways?
2024年2月26日 · The Colorado River — the “American Nile” — winds from its headwaters high in the Rocky Mountains and down through the canyons and mesas of southeastern Utah before it reaches the Glen Canyon Dam,...
Colorado River Basin - Bureau of Reclamation
2020年8月15日 · The Colorado River is a critical resource in the West, because seven basin states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) depend on it for water supply, hydropower production, recreation, fish and wildlife habitat, and other benefits.
Colorado River | Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Help Protect Colorado's Waters! Invasive species damage Colorado's lands and waters, hurt the economy, ruin recreational opportunities, result in a loss of property values and threaten public health. They consume enormous amounts of water reducing the …