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The Gila River makes its way from New Mexico to Arizona, meeting this other river at Yuma the Colorado DD $2,000 DJ AMERICAN RIVERS 2024-07-25 #9154
Bullhead City &Laughlin the Colorado $200 J NAME THE RIVER 2024-03-19 #9062
John Wesley Powell was one of the first to explore the Grand Canyon by boat on this river the Colorado $200 J STATELY RIVERS 2022-06-17 #8665
In 1921 Herbert Hoover headed the commission for this river that flooded California often; in 1936 a dam was built as a result the Colorado $800 DJ U.S. RIVERS 2021-11-26 #8520
From Winterhaven, California, Yuma, Arizona is just up this river the Colorado $800 DJ UP THE RIVER 2020-03-30 #8191
This river provides about 60% of the water for So Cal, but is barely a trickle when it reaches the ocean the Colorado $800 J RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA 2018-11-28 #7873
In the late 1930s the All-American Canal was built to deliver water from this river to California's Imperial Valley the Colorado $1,200 DJ STATELY RIVERS 2015-11-04 #7163
Naturally, this river forms the Arizona-California border the Colorado $400 DJ BODIES OF WATER 2015-03-30 #7036
The United States & Mexico (in addition to the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo) the Colorado $1,200 DJ A RIVER RUNS BETWEEN THEM 2014-07-17 #6884
One of the highest navigable rivers in the U.S., the Animas rises to over 10,000 feet in this state Colorado $400 J A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT 2013-12-11 #6728
The artificially created Lake Mead in Nevada has an outlet to the sea via this river the Colorado $400 DJ U.S. RIVERS 2012-04-18 #6358
This river that rises in the Rockies forms the Arizona-California border the Colorado $400 J STATELY RIVERS 2011-09-20 #6207
Flowing westward, this river has a drainage basin that covers seven states the Colorado $1,000 J RIVERS 2011-07-28 #6204
This river that rises in the Rocky Mountains flows through the Grand Canyon the Colorado $1,200 DJ RIVERS 2011-02-24 #6094
Over millions of years, it carved out the Grand Canyon the Colorado $400 DJ LAKES & RIVERS 2010-06-18 #5945
Although 150 miles to the east, this river supplies most of San Diego's water the Colorado $1,600 DJ U.S. RIVERS 2008-09-18 #5524
The Gila River joins this river near Yuma, Arizona the Colorado $1,200 DJ U.S. BODIES OF WATER 2007-09-26 #5298
Lake Mead was formed by damming this river the Colorado $200 J RIVERS 2003-12-30 #4447
It's the longest river west of the Rocky Mountains the Colorado $100 J STATE RIVERS 2000-03-29 #3593
The longest river west of the Rockies, it enters Mexico near Yuma, Arizona the Colorado $500 J RIVERS 1997-04-28 #2926
Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s to control floods on this river the Colorado DD $300 J U.S. BODIES OF WATER 1996-03-20 #2668
Over 1,000 feet deep the Royal Gorge in this state was carved by the Arkansas River Colorado $600 DJ AMERICAN RIVERS 1995-10-11 #2553
In Utah the Green River is the main tributary of this river the Colorado DD $700 J U.S. RIVERS 1995-06-07 #2493
North of the Mexican border, Arizona's Bill Williams & Gila Rivers join this river the Colorado $400 J LAKES & RIVERS 1993-12-29 #2148
Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border was created by damming this river the Colorado $200 DJ BODIES OF WATER 1992-11-26 #1894
In 1963 the Supreme Court upheld Arizona's claim to a major share of the water of this river the Colorado $500 J BODIES OF WATER 1990-03-09 #1280
Utah's 2 largest rivers are this 1 & the Green River, its main tributary the Colorado $600 DJ U.S. RIVERS 1989-11-22 #1203
World's highest suspension bridge spans the Royal Gorge which was cut by the Arkansas River in this state Colorado $1,000 DJ AMERICAN RIVERS 1988-12-05 #981
Lake Powell was created by damming the waters of this river Colorado $200 J AMERICAN RIVERS 1988-05-31 #877
It's so heavily tapped by man that in normal years none of it reaches its outlet in the Gulf of Calif. the Colorado $400 J RIVERS 1986-01-02 #344
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