NOUN
- an important river in the 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 through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
- a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
How To Use Colorado River In A Sentence
- Arriving at Town Lake for the first time, I was struck by the natural beauty of this dammed section of the Colorado river.
- They based their predictions on one million-acre feet a year deficit of the Colorado River, massive amounts of evaporation from the lake and the viscous effects of a warming world from climate change. Dr. Reese Halter: Global Warming, Drought and the Grim Reaper
- The New River, a formerly dry barranca now pouring Colorado River water into the Salton Sea, soon became unfordable by conventional means. Colossus
- When planning a national park trip, many travelers envision rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon or hiking up Half Dome in Yosemite.
- Although the dunes near Parker seem to be an extension of this same sandflow path, Muhs says that saltation couldn't carry grains of sand across the Colorado River.
- The rate of withdrawal over natural replenishment is now roughly equivalent to the flow of the Colorado River.
- Fishing with my buddy Chris Hunt of Trout Unlimited, (check out his blog on out trip) we first bagged a bunch of Colorado River cutties fishing the Roan Plateau, north of Rifle. The Three-Day Cutt Slam...
- On the left is the smooth, clean surface of the new dam that has turned part of the Colorado River into a lake.
- Canyon of the Eagles surprised me with its hilly terrain, unparalleled views of the Colorado River and Lake Buchanan and rustic cabins each outfitted with a deck where two rocking chairs lazed. Charu Suri: Another Side of Lone Star State
- The Colorado River was just a thread of silver, 4000 feet below.
