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Colorado River
River
in
Picacho State Recreation Area
,
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
,
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
,
Sonoran Desert
,
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
in
Yuma
in
AZ
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CA
,
NV
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UT
,
CO
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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-long (2,330 km) river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. and two Mexican states. Starting 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 mostly dry Colorado River Delta at the tip of the Gulf of California between Baja California and Sonora. Known for its dramatic canyons, whitewater rapids, and eleven U.S. National Parks, the Colorado River system is a…
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