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Coordinates: 31°48′54″N 114°48′00″W. 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.
Jan 19, 2024 · This page links to frequently-updated web resources that provide information about current, recent, and forecasted weather and climate, snowpack, streamflow, reservoir levels, and water supply, for the Colorado River Basin.
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Maps
- A User-Created Map from Wikipedia
- Dams and Water Providers: An Interactive Map
- John Wesley Powell’s Basin Map
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamationhas created several maps of the Colorado River Basin, including this one: The map above not only shows the boundaries of the hydrologic basin but also adjacent areas that receive Colorado River water thanks to massive water works such as the Colorado River Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project, Central Utah Project, San Ju...
Wikipedia’s Colorado River page offers an overview map of the basin created by user Shannon1, who has created a variety of river-related maps.
If you’d like to search for dams and water providers in the basin, the Colorado River Water Users Association offers an interactive map: Another good source for Colorado River maps is a gallery created by the Colorado River District. Here’s a screenshot:
Finally, I would be remiss in writing a post about these Colorado River maps and not include one from famed explorer John Wesley Powell that outlines the boundaries of river basins throughout the West. The map below, from an 1891 U.S. Geological Survey report that Powell authored as the agency’s second director, not only shows the watershed boundar...
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The Colorado River Basin. The Colorado River is often referred to as the life-blood of the American Southwest. This legendary river begins both as snowmelt at its headwaters in mountainous northern Colorado, and as the origin of the Green River in the Wind River Range of Wyoming; then winds through seven states and approximately 1,400 miles of ...
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Average elevation: 269 ft. Visualization and sharing of free topographic maps. Colorado River, Blythe, Riverside County, California, United States.
This interactive map shows over 360 active gages, and over 600 inactive ('historical') gages, within the 4 water divisions that comprise Colorado's portion of the Colorado River Basin. These gages include all those shown on the USGS map, along with others operated by DWR and local agencies.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Provides map-based access to current and historical reservoir level, storage, inflows, and releases, for about 70 reservoirs within the basin or that store Colorado River water, including all of the 10 major reservoirs in Table 1 except for Roosevelt Lake.
