Plateau Creek is a tributary of the
Colorado River, approximately long, in
Mesa County,
Colorado, United States.
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed March 18, 2011 It drains a
cattle ranching valley, known as Plateau Valley, north of the
Grand Mesa
The Grand Mesa is a large mesa in western Colorado in the United States. It is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world. It has an area of about and stretches for about east of Grand Junction between the Colorado River and the Gunniso ...
and east of
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
Vega State Park is a Colorado state park in Mesa County, Colorado in the United States. Vega Reservoir is a fishing destination and is located at an elevation of . Year-round recreational activities at Vega State Park include boating, hiking, ...
. It enters the Plateau Valley at
Collbran, the largest community in the valley. It flows generally west along the north edge of the Grand Mesa uplands, past
Molina.
State Highway 330 follows the creek through the valley, crossing it several times. Near the junction of State Highway 330 and
State Highway 65 it enters a narrow canyon for the lower , followed by State Highway 65. It joins the Colorado from the east in
De Beque Canyon
De Beque Canyon is a narrow canyon on the Colorado River in western Colorado in the United States. It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) long, located on the river downstream from the town of De Beque, in eastern Mesa County. The canyon forms ...
approximately east of Grand Junction.
See also
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List of rivers of Colorado
*
List of tributaries of the Colorado River
The principal tributaries of the Colorado River of North America are the Gila River, the San Juan River, the Green River, and the Gunnison River.
Tributary tree
The following is a tree demonstrating the points at which the major and minor trib ...
References
External link
Rivers of Colorado
Rivers of Mesa County, Colorado
Tributaries of the Colorado River in Colorado
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