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The Gila River makes its way from New Mexico to Arizona, meeting this other river at Yuma |
the Colorado
DD
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$2,000 |
DJ |
AMERICAN RIVERS |
2024-07-25 |
#9154 |
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Bullhead City &Laughlin |
the Colorado
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$200 |
J |
NAME THE RIVER |
2024-03-19 |
#9062 |
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John Wesley Powell was one of the first to explore the Grand Canyon by boat on this river |
the Colorado
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$200 |
J |
STATELY RIVERS |
2022-06-17 |
#8665 |
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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
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$800 |
DJ |
U.S. RIVERS |
2021-11-26 |
#8520 |
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From Winterhaven, California, Yuma, Arizona is just up this river |
the Colorado
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$800 |
DJ |
UP THE RIVER |
2020-03-30 |
#8191 |
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This river provides about 60% of the water for So Cal, but is barely a trickle when it reaches the ocean |
the Colorado
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$800 |
J |
RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA |
2018-11-28 |
#7873 |
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In the late 1930s the All-American Canal was built to deliver water from this river to California's Imperial Valley |
the Colorado
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$1,200 |
DJ |
STATELY RIVERS |
2015-11-04 |
#7163 |
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Naturally, this river forms the Arizona-California border |
the Colorado
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$400 |
DJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
2015-03-30 |
#7036 |
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The United States & Mexico (in addition to the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo) |
the Colorado
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$1,200 |
DJ |
A RIVER RUNS BETWEEN THEM |
2014-07-17 |
#6884 |
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One of the highest navigable rivers in the U.S., the Animas rises to over 10,000 feet in this state |
Colorado
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$400 |
J |
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT |
2013-12-11 |
#6728 |
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The artificially created Lake Mead in Nevada has an outlet to the sea via this river |
the Colorado
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$400 |
DJ |
U.S. RIVERS |
2012-04-18 |
#6358 |
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This river that rises in the Rockies forms the Arizona-California border |
the Colorado
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$400 |
J |
STATELY RIVERS |
2011-09-20 |
#6207 |
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Flowing westward, this river has a drainage basin that covers seven states |
the Colorado
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$1,000 |
J |
RIVERS |
2011-07-28 |
#6204 |
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This river that rises in the Rocky Mountains flows through the Grand Canyon |
the Colorado
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$1,200 |
DJ |
RIVERS |
2011-02-24 |
#6094 |
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Over millions of years, it carved out the Grand Canyon |
the Colorado
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$400 |
DJ |
LAKES & RIVERS |
2010-06-18 |
#5945 |
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Although 150 miles to the east, this river supplies most of San Diego's water |
the Colorado
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$1,600 |
DJ |
U.S. RIVERS |
2008-09-18 |
#5524 |
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The Gila River joins this river near Yuma, Arizona |
the Colorado
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$1,200 |
DJ |
U.S. BODIES OF WATER |
2007-09-26 |
#5298 |
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Lake Mead was formed by damming this river |
the Colorado
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$200 |
J |
RIVERS |
2003-12-30 |
#4447 |
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It's the longest river west of the Rocky Mountains |
the Colorado
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$100 |
J |
STATE RIVERS |
2000-03-29 |
#3593 |
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The longest river west of the Rockies, it enters Mexico near Yuma, Arizona |
the Colorado
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$500 |
J |
RIVERS |
1997-04-28 |
#2926 |
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Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s to control floods on this river |
the Colorado
DD
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$300 |
J |
U.S. BODIES OF WATER |
1996-03-20 |
#2668 |
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Over 1,000 feet deep the Royal Gorge in this state was carved by the Arkansas River |
Colorado
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$600 |
DJ |
AMERICAN RIVERS |
1995-10-11 |
#2553 |
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In Utah the Green River is the main tributary of this river |
the Colorado
DD
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$700 |
J |
U.S. RIVERS |
1995-06-07 |
#2493 |
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North of the Mexican border, Arizona's Bill Williams & Gila Rivers join this river |
the Colorado
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$400 |
J |
LAKES & RIVERS |
1993-12-29 |
#2148 |
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Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border was created by damming this river |
the Colorado
|
$200 |
DJ |
BODIES OF WATER |
1992-11-26 |
#1894 |
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In 1963 the Supreme Court upheld Arizona's claim to a major share of the water of this river |
the Colorado
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$500 |
J |
BODIES OF WATER |
1990-03-09 |
#1280 |
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Utah's 2 largest rivers are this 1 & the Green River, its main tributary |
the Colorado
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$600 |
DJ |
U.S. RIVERS |
1989-11-22 |
#1203 |
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World's highest suspension bridge spans the Royal Gorge which was cut by the Arkansas River in this state |
Colorado
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$1,000 |
DJ |
AMERICAN RIVERS |
1988-12-05 |
#981 |
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Lake Powell was created by damming the waters of this river |
Colorado
|
$200 |
J |
AMERICAN RIVERS |
1988-05-31 |
#877 |
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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 |