where does the colorado river start?
The Colorado River begins in north central Colorado and ends at the Gulf of California. The river is chiefly supplied by snow melting in the Rocky Mountains and passes through seven U.S. states and part of Mexico. Continue Reading.
The Colorado River flows from the Continental Divide in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park into the Gulf of California between the Baja California peninsula and mainland Mexico. Here, Snowmass Mountain looms above the Roaring Fork River, a tributary of the Colorado. Peter McBride.