Colorado River

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
  Synonym: Colorado

Meaning #2: a river in southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; an important source of water in the southwestern United States
  Synonym: Colorado

Colorado River (Spanish: Río Colorado) may refer to:

• Colorado River, which flows through the Grand Canyon and drains into the Gulf of California
• Colorado River (Texas)
• Colorado River (Argentina)
• Colorado River (Costa Rica)
• Colorado River (Chile)
• Colorado River (Rondônia)
• Colorado River Compact

See also

• Colorado River abstention, from the case of Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States

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