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Plateau Valley (Colorado)
Plateau Creek is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in Mesa County, Colorado, Mesa County, Colorado, United States.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 18, 2011 It drains a cattle ranching valley, known as Plateau Valley, north of the Grand Mesa and east of Grand Junction, Colorado, Grand Junction. Description The creek rises in northeastern Mesa County, in the Grand Mesa National Forest and descends through a narrow canyon to the northwest, passing north of Vega State Park. It enters the Plateau Valley at Collbran, Colorado, Collbran, the largest community in the valley. It flows generally west along the north edge of the Grand Mesa uplands, past Molina, Colorado, Molina. Colorado State Highway 330, State Highway 330 follows the creek through the valley, crossing it several times. Near the junction of State Highway 330 and Colorado State Highway 65, State Highway 65 it enters a nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado River
The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid drainage basin, watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. states and two Mexican states. The name Colorado derives from the Spanish language for "colored reddish" due to its heavy silt load. Starting in the central Rocky Mountains of Colorado, it 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 Mexico–United States border, 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 National parks of the United States, U.S. National Parks, the Colorado River and its tributaries are a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
