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There is no such thing as an average river. Rivers vary in size (width), length and depth. Additionally, it would also depend on the time of year. Springtime when ice melts (as in the Colorado River) it is higher than in the Wintertime.

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The average discharge is 281,000 cu ft/s (7,957 m³/s)

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4,100 cubic feet per second.

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About 15 million acre feet annually.

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65 cubic metre per second

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152 gallon per hour

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The Colorado River Compact has several purposes: 1) to apportion the use of water in the Colorado River Basin (i.e. the Colorado River and all its tributaries); 2) promote interstate comity; and 3) to secure the ability of the Upper Colorado River Basin to develop at its own pace (without the compact, the more populous Lower Basin would have tried to develop a claim as much water as possible--the compact preserves the ability of the Upper Basin to use water).


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