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| Alamosa River | |
| Name origin: "of cottonwood" | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Colorado |
| Source | |
| - coordinates | 37°21′44″N 106°37′12″W / 37.36222°N 106.62°W [1] |
| Mouth | Rio Grande |
| - location | arid land south of Alamosa |
| - coordinates | 37°23′54″N 106°50′20″W / 37.39833°N 106.83889°W [1] |
| Length | 64 mi (103 km), west-east |
| Basin | 148 sq mi (383 km2) |
The Alamosa River is a river in the southern part of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is about 64 miles (103 km) long,[2] flowing roughly east through the San Luis Valley. Its watershed comprises about 148 square miles (380 km2).
The river's name means "shaded with cottonwoods" in Spanish.[3]
The river was affected by the Summitville mine disaster, the worst cyanide spill in United States history.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alamosa River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 31, 2011
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. pp. 19. http://books.google.com/books/pdf/The_Origin_of_Certain_Place_Names_in_the.pdf?id=BqwPAAAAIAAJ&output=pdf&sig=3IVIg6u-evPGlrv4j1uDL7rQ09c.
