| Yampa River | |
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 The Yampa River, seen from a high overlook.
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| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| Major cities | Steamboat Springs, Craig |
| Length | 250 mi (402 km) [1] |
| Watershed | 7,660 sq mi (19,839 km²) [2] |
| Discharge at | At Deerlodge Park |
| - average | 2,093 cu ft/s (59. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. The City of Steamboat Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Routt County, Colorado The City of Craig is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Moffat County, Colorado, United A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary (non- metric) unit of Volume, used in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units 27 m³/s) [2] |
| - maximum | 32,300 cu ft/s (914. CM3 redirects here If you were looking for the 3rd game in the Cooking Mama series abbreviated as CM3 see here. The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary (non- metric) unit of Volume, used in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units 63 m³/s) |
| - minimum | 1. CM3 redirects here If you were looking for the 3rd game in the Cooking Mama series abbreviated as CM3 see here. The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units 9 cu ft/s (0. The cubic foot is an imperial and US customary (non- metric) unit of Volume, used in the United States Canada and the United Kingdom The second ( SI symbol s) sometimes abbreviated sec, is the name of a unit of Time, and is the International System of Units 05 m³/s) |
| Source | Rocky Mountains |
| - coordinates | [3] |
| - elevation | 7,833 ft (2,387 m) [4] |
| Mouth | Green River |
| - location | Dinosaur National Monument |
| - coordinates | [3] |
| - elevation | 5,080 ft (1,548 m) [4] |
| Major tributaries | |
| - left | Bear River, Williams Fork |
| - right | Elk River, Little Snake River |
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The Yampa River is a tributary of the Green River, approximately 250 mi (402 km) long, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The Green River, located in the western United States, is the chief tributary of the Colorado River. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America.
It rises in the Flat Tops in northwestern Colorado, in the Routt National Forest in southeastern Garfield County, and flows northwest, past Yampa, and north to Steamboat Springs, where it turns abruptly west. Medicine Bow - Routt National Forest is the official title to a U Garfield County is the eighth most extensive and the twelfth most populous of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Yampa is a Statutory Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The City of Steamboat Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Routt County, Colorado It then receives its chief tributary, the Elk River, near the small town of Milner. It continues west in the plateau region along the north side of the Williams Fork Mountains, past the town of Craig. The City of Craig is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Moffat County, Colorado, United It is joined by the Little Snake River in Moffat County, just east of Dinosaur National Monument. The Little Snake River is a tributary of the Yampa River, approximately 150 mi (241 km long in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in Moffat County is the northwesternmost and the second most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. Dinosaur National Monument is a US National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between the American Inside Dinosaur National Monument, it joins the Green near the border with Utah. The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States.
The Yampa forms a noticeably wide, shallow stream throughout much of its course. The lower three fourths of the Yampa, from the Elk river down, are navigable by small craft. However the meandering, shallow nature of the river can render the river unnavigable during late summer in low water years. The discharge of the Yampa varies from about 600 ft³/s (17 m³/s) during low water summers to 20,000 ft³/s (600 m³/s) in spring runoff. Average flow at its confluence with the Green is about 2500 ft³/s (71 m³/s).
The Yampa is one of the finest Smallmouth Bass and Northern Pike fisheries in the United States. However, due to the presence of endangered fish, for several years now, the US Fish and Wildlife, along with the Colorado Division Of Wildlife, have been removing and killing bass, pike, and channel catfish from the river, leaving them to rot on the banks by the thousands. The introduction of these fish has been hypothesized to have contributed to the demise of endangered fish. Over 20,000 smallmouth bass, 8000 pike, and 8000 catfish have been killed since 1999. Studies have shown these removals have done nothing to help endangered fish. These actions are ongoing, despite strong public opposition and a lack of scientific support.
Proposal to pump water to the Front Range
In December, 2006, a report came out on a proposal to pump water from the Yampa 200 miles east, and under the Continental Divide, to the cities of the Front Range. A continental divide is a line of elevated Terrain which forms a border between two watersheds such that Water falling on one side of the line eventually The Front Range is a Mountain range of the Rocky Mountains of North America that is located in the north-central portion of the U The diversion would start near Maybell, Colorado, 20 miles downstream of Craig, Colorado[1][2] . Maybell is an unincorporated town and a US Post Office in Moffat County, Colorado, United States. The City of Craig is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Moffat County, Colorado, United The proposal faces widespread opposition because it could lower river flows in late summer due to the diversion. The Yampa is one of the West's last wild rivers since it has only a few small dams and diversions.
See also
References
- ^ Yampa River, The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. See also Geography of Colorado Colorado drainage basins Lists of Rivers and Streams in the U 2000.
- ^ a b Water Data Report, Colorado 2003, from Water Resources Data Colorado Water Year 2003, USGS. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government.
- ^ a b USGS GNIS: Yampa River, USGS GNIS.
- ^ a b Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates. Google Earth is a Virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004 The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout
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