[DOC] [TLE] Colorado River - Wikipedia [PAR] The Colorado River (Spanish: Ro Colorado) is one of the principal rivers of the 
Southwestern ... After entering Mexico, the Colorado approaches the mostly dry 
Colorado .... After a short run south, the river turns west below Grand Lake, the 
largest ... The Colorado then enters northern Arizona, where since the 1960s 
Glen... [DOC] [TLE] Colorado River Map -- National Geographic [PAR] Explore an interactive map of Colorado River diversions, dams, ecosystems, 
stories, ... The Colorado River supplies water for 30 million people. .... about 14.7 
million acre-feet per year and is allocated among seven states and Mexico. ... 
The water levels of the river's two largest reservoirsLake Mead and Lake 
Powell,... [DOC] [TLE] Colorado River | river, United States-Mexico | Britannica.com [PAR] Major river of North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, U.S., 
and ... the international boundary between the U.S. state of Arizona and Mexico. 
... Each entering river and each lateral creek has cut another canyon, and thus 
the ... the largest prehistoric canal irrigation system in the American West was 
built by... [DOC] [TLE] The Disappearing Colorado River - The New Yorker [PAR] May 25, 2015 ... Lake Mead, which forms the border between Nevada and Arizona, thirty ... the 
western United States, they pile up over the Rockies, dumping snow and rain. ... 
and Californiabefore crossing into Mexico near Yuma, Arizona. ..... The 
Imperial Valley is the largest single consumer of Colorado River water. [DOC] [TLE] Instructions: Click on a river on the map to learn its name. You may ... [PAR] Gulf of Mexico Bay of Campeche Pacific Ocean Gulf of Tehuantepec Gulf of 
California 0 0 ... draining a part of the arid regions on the western slope of the 
Rocky Mountains. ... There are other rivers with the name Colorado River, but this 
one is the longest. ... Just south of the town of Page, Arizona, the river forms the 
dramatic... [DOC] [TLE] Opening Students Awareness to the Environment- STEM - ISTE (OLD) [PAR] May 22, 2015 ... Lake Mead, which forms the border between Nevada and Arizona, thirty miles 
from ... and Californiabefore crossing into Mexico near Yuma, Arizona. ... 
Explain that the Mississippi is the longest river in the United States, with ... And 
west of the Rockies, the rivers colored in orange flow west into the Pacific. [DOC] [TLE] The Colorado River Basin: Lifeline of the Southwest - DesertUSA [PAR] The Colorado River is born at about 10000 feet in the Rocky Mountains of ... The 
1,360 miles of its route in the United States make it the nation's fifth longest river. 
... parts of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and California, and almost all of Arizona. ... 
break on the Colorado River near Yuma; its waters rushed into the Salton Basin. [DOC] [TLE] Colorado River - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Jun 6, 2013 ... Length, 2,330 km (1,450 mi) .... West of Glenwood Springs, the Colorado runs 
through the Grand ... Along the California-Arizona reach of the river, four 
additional dams are .... The lower river from Davis Dam to Yuma is navigable by 
large ... headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado south into Mexico,... [DOC] [TLE] The Colorado River Runs Dry | Science | Smithsonian [PAR] Then, beginning in the 1920s, Western states began divvying up the ... And 
boaters still roar across Nevada and Arizona's Lake Mead, 110 miles long ... The 
city is one of the largest in the Colorado River basin, but its share of the .... rivers), 
and let the water flow back along its natural route down into Mexico and out to 
sea. [DOC] [TLE] Celebrating Arizona's Rivers [PAR] Mar 28, 2012 ... Often called the lifeblood of the West, the Colorado River drains areas of 
seven U.S. ... all of the state's waterways  from the largest rivers to the smallest 
... in the Rocky Mountains to Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Before entering. Arizona, it 
is ... Along Arizona's western border and north of Yuma,

Question: The longest river west of the Rockies, it enters Mexico near Yuma, Arizona
Answer: the Colorado