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Colorado River
The Colorado River is a major river in the southwestern United States that flows from Colorado to Baja California.
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What is the widest river in Colorado?
Its different almost every were but it mainly 0.340-0.875 k long.
Why does the Colorado river no longer reach the ocean?
Possibly because the 1922 Colorado River Compact overestimated the average annual flow by as much as 20 to 30 percent. The underlying aquifer has also been depleted by both municipalities and agricultural irrigation useage.
Are there sharks in the Colorado River?
Bull Sharks are known to travel up rivers. They have advanced kidneys compared to other sharks that allow their bodies to live in fresh water.
However, there is no verifiable information of a shark having ever been found in the Colorado River.
Where does the Colorado river empty into in Texas?
In the Llano Estacado near Lamesa, Texas, although a part of its watershed extends into New Mexico.
What recruited families to settle along the Brazos river and the Colorado river of Texas?
Tacos and Pickles
How has the Colorado river changed?
Yes, and it will change again next year, in the next century, and in the eons to come.
How long did it take for the Colorado River to form the Grand Canyon?
The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is a world-renowned showplace of geology. Geologic studies in the park began with the work of Newberry in 1858, and continue today. The Grand Canyon's excellent display of layered rock is invaluable in unraveling the region's geologic history. Extensive carving of the plateaus allows for the detailed study of the Earth's movements. Processes of stream erosion and vulcanism are also easily seen and studied.
The Colorado River has carved the Grand Canyon into four plateaus of the Colorado Plateau Province. The Province is a large area in the Southwest characterized by nearly-horizontal sedimentary rocks lifted 5,000 to 13,000 feet above sea level. The Plateau's arid climate produced many striking erosional forms, culminating in the Grand Canyon. The Canyon's mile-high walls display a largely undisturbed cross section of the Earth's crust extending back some two billion years. Three "Granite Gorges" expose crystalline rocks formed during the early-to-middle Proterozoic Era (late Precambrian). Originally deposited as sediments and lava flows, these rocks were intensely metamorphosed about 1,750 million years ago. Magma rose into the rocks, cooling and crystallizing into granite, and welding the region to the North American continent.
Beginning about 1,200 million years ago (late Proterozoic), 13,000 feet of sediment and lava were deposited in coastal and shallow marine environments. Mountain building about 725 million years ago lifted and tilted these rocks. Subsequent erosion removed these tilted layers from most areas leaving only the wedge-shaped remnants seen in the eastern Canyon.
Rock layers formed during the Paleozoic Era are the most conspicuous in the Grand Canyon's walls. Coastal environments and several marine incursions from the west between 550 and 250 million years ago deposited sandstone, shale and limestone layers totaling 2,400 to 5,000 feet thick. Layers from the Cambrian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian periods are present. Erosion has removed most Mesozoic Era evidence from the Park, although small remnants can be found, particularly in the western Grand Canyon.
Nearby rock outcrops suggest 4,000 to 8,000 feet of sedimentary layers from the "Age of Dinosaurs" once covered the Grand Canyon area. Cenozoic Era (the "Age of Mammals") layers are limited to the western Grand Canyon and terraces near the river itself. A few sedimentary deposits formed in lake beds, but the most spectacular recent deposits are the lava flows and cinder cones on the Shivwits and Uinkaret plateaus. Volcanic activity began about six million years ago and has continued to within the last several thousand years. Spectacular lava cascades down the Canyon walls have helped date the Grand Canyon's carving.
The Grand Canyon itself is a late Cenozoic feature, characteristic of renewed erosion during this time. Vigorous cutting by the snow-fed Colorado River carved the Canyon's depth. Canyon widening is held in check by the region's dry climate. The asymmetry between rapid downcutting and slow widening results in the Grand Canyon rather than a more typical broad (and nondescript) river valley. Although violent storms may send flash floods gouging down narrow side canyons, the lack of steady moisture has created a stark landscape of mostly naked rock. Harder, erosion-resistant rocks such as the Coconino Sandstone and the Redwall Limestone have eroded into bold cliffs. Softer layers melt into slopes like the Tonto Platform (Bright Angel Shale) and the Esplanade (Hermit Shale). The oldest, crystalline rocks are chiseled into the craggy cliffs of the Granite Gorges.
Nearly 40 identified rock layers form the Grand Canyon's walls. They have attracted students of earth history since 1858. Because most layers are exposed through the Canyon's 277-mile length, they afford the opportunity for detailed studies of environmental changes from place to place (within a layer) in the geologic past. Geologic evolution through time can be studied through the changes between different layers. It was the work of geologists that began changing the public's opinion of the Grand Canyon region from that of "a worthless locale" to "the most sublime of earthly spectacles." After nearly 150 years, geologists are still not finished studying the Grand Canyon. In the mid-1970s, a new rock layer was identified in the Canyon walls. Scientists continue investigating how environment affects rock formation. Perhaps the biggest question of all, how the Colorado River chose this course and began carving the Canyon, still awaits a clear answer.
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Is a youth river always younger than a mature river?
Mature river is a river with a gradient that is less steep than those of youthful rivers and flows more slowly than youthful rivers. A mature river is fed by many tributaries and has more discharge than a youthful river. Its channels erode wider rather than deeper. An example being the Mississippi River.
Youthful river is a river with a steep gradient that has very few tributaries and flows quickly. Its channels erode deeper rather than wider. An example being the Ebro River.
How many countries does the Colorado River run through?
It flows though seven states of the USA they include:
Arizona
Colorado
Nevada
California
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Who decides where the water in the Colorado River goes?
The 1922 Colorado River Compact made the allocation. California was welll treated in the agreement and Nevada came up on the short end of the stick.
What is the longest river in the western hemisphere?
the panama canal
longest canal is in china, in western hemisphere its not the panama canal which is less than 100 miles, possibly the Erie canal at about 360 miles, st Lawrence seaway is at about 2500 miles (assuming you meant miles and not feet...) but its not just a canal
What is the name of the river that flows through Colorado to the gulf of Mexico?
The Colorado River (Rio Colorado or Red River) runs southwest from Colorado through Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California into Mexico's Baja California, where it forms a mostly arid delta on the Gulf of California.
What cities are near the Colorado river in California?
There are a number of cities near the Colorado River in California. Earp, Blythe, Ripley, and Palo Verde and all along the Colorado Rivers travel through California.
Is the Colorado river the longest river?
Actually, there are two Colorado Rivers. One is entirely inside the state of Texas with its source just north of Big Spring and empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Bay City. The other, and probably the one you are asking about, originates on the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains northwest of Denver and flows from Colorado through Utah, Arizona, and a few miles of Mexico to the Gulf of California.
Why is the Colorado river so cold?
Becuase almost the entire state is covered by mountains. The southeastern part of Colorado is mostly flat desert where lots of tornadoes happen
Is the Colorado river bigger than Mississippi river?
No, the the Mississippi is 2,320 miles long and the Colorado River is 1,450 miles.
What color is the Colorado river?
The river that flows through the Grand Canyon has its mouth at the Gulf of California.
How much water is taken from the Colorado River?
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.
What deserts are near the Colorado river?
because there is a big population and if a desert is in Colorado then that is why they call it the Colorado desert
What state is the Colorado river located in?
There are two different Colorado River systems in the US. One flows into the Pacific Ocean via the Gulf of California while the other flows into the Atlantic via the Gulf of Mexico. * The Colorado River (Texas) exists only in Texas and does not receive its water from the State of Colorado. * The Colorado River that carved the Grand Canyon and flows into the Gulf of California has its source in Colorado, passes through Utah and Arizona, forms the border between Arizona and Nevada, the border between Arizona and California and the States of Sonora and Baja California in Mexico.
How deep is the Colorado river in the grand canyon?
In the grand canyon, the colorado river can reach 2700 ft to 3000 ft deep due to the grand canyon elevation. At hoover dam or nevada, the river starts to get shallower reaching depths of 80 ft to 140 ft deep.
From Colorado the Colorado River flows southwest into which state?
It flows out of Colorado to join with the Green River in Utah and then fllows into Arizona and travels from west to East before turning South and forming the border with Nevada and California before entering Mexico to the Sea of Cortez.
Is Colorado river salt water or fresh water?
All rivers are by definition fresh water unless they are very polluted. There is, however, a portion of every river that reaches an ocean that is called an estuary. this is where the fresh water coming downstream mingles with the salty tidal water of the ocean.
