Blue River (Colorado)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Blue River[1] | |
|---|---|
 The Blue River near Kremmling, Colorado. |
|
| Origin | Summit County, Colorado 39°23′27″N 106°01′12″W / 39.39083°N 106.02°W |
| Mouth | Confluence with Colorado 40°02′33″N 106°23′48″W / 40.0425°N 106.39667°WCoordinates: 40°02′33″N 106°23′48″W / 40.0425°N 106.39667°W |
| Progression | Colorado |
| Length | 65 mi (105 km) |
| Mouth elevation | 7,342 ft (2,238 m) |
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2011) |
The Blue River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 65 miles (105 km) long,[2] in the U.S. state of Colorado.
It rises in southern Summit County, on the western side of the continental divide in the Ten Mile Range, near Quandary Peak. It flows north past Blue River and Breckenridge, then through the Dillon Reservoir near Dillon. North of Dillon it flows NNW along the eastern slope of the Gore Range and joins the Colorado at Kremmling.
The Green Mountain Dam, 13 miles (21 km) upstream from Kremmling, forms the Green Mountain Reservoir, providing hydroelectric power and diversionary water for irrigation, as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.
[edit] References
- ^ "Blue River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:173194. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011
[edit] See also
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This Colorado state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
