Williams Fork (Yampa River)

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Williams Fork [1]
Physical characteristics
Main source Confluence of East Fork Williams Fork and South Fork Williams Fork
40°19′05″N107°24′39″W / 40.31806°N 107.41083°W / 40.31806; -107.41083
River mouth Confluence with Yampa River
6,122 ft (1,866 m)
40°26′26″N107°39′17″W / 40.44056°N 107.65472°W / 40.44056; -107.65472 Coordinates: 40°26′26″N107°39′17″W / 40.44056°N 107.65472°W / 40.44056; -107.65472
Basin features
Progression Yampa—Green—Colorado

The Williams Fork is a 27.4-mile-long (44.1 km) [2] tributary of the Yampa River, in north central Colorado in the United States.

Yampa River river in northwestern Colorado, United States

The Yampa River flows 250 miles (400 km) through northwestern Colorado in the United States. Rising in the Rocky Mountains, it is a tributary of the Green River and a major part of the Colorado River system. The Yampa is one of the few free-flowing rivers in the western United States, with only a few small dams and diversions.

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The Williams Fork is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 33.8 miles (54.4 km) long, in north central Colorado in the United States. It flows through Grand County between the valleys of the Fraser River and the Blue River. It rises at the juncture of McQueary and Bobtail creeks just west of the Continental Divide 8 miles (13 km) west of Berthoud Pass and 7 miles (11 km) north of the Eisenhower Tunnel in the Arapaho National Forest. It flows north-northwest to the Williams Fork Reservoir, then turns northeast and joins the Colorado at Parshall.

References

  1. ↑ "Williams Fork". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2011-03-21.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011


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