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Colorado River

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an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States

a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico

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What's happening on the Colorado River is happening all over the world. The water is overused, overdammed, and it's polluted in some places. Greg MacGillivray

And he noted that further west along the border — notably in the Colorado River basin — Mexico receives four times more water from the United States than it gives under the treaty. Source: Internet

Animals Of the 34 mammal species found along the Colorado River corridor, 18 are rodents and eight are bats. Source: Internet

At about convert above sea level, it is a natural limestone formation overlooking Lake Austin on the Colorado River, with an observation deck about convert below its summit. Source: Internet

Ashia Paez and Tristan Castillo, both of New York, kayak on the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the base of the Hoover Dam with Desert Adventures of Boulder City in Lake Mead National Recreation Area Thursday, July 30, 2020. Source: Internet

Both the Columbia River and Colorado River rise far inland near the easternmost members of the Cordilleran system, and flow through plateaus and intermontaine basins to the ocean. Source: Internet

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