Williams Fork (Colorado River tributary)

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Williams Fork [1]
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Physical characteristics
River mouth Confluence with Colorado
7,480 ft (2,280 m)
Length 34 mi (55 km)
Basin features
Progression Colorado

The Williams Fork is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 33.8 miles (54.4 km) long, [2] 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.

Colorado River major river in the western United States and Mexico

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The 1,450-mile-long (2,330 km) river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. and two Mexican states. Starting in the central Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the river flows generally southwest across the Colorado Plateau and through the Grand Canyon before reaching Lake Mead on the Arizona–Nevada border, where it turns south toward the international border. After entering Mexico, the Colorado approaches the mostly dry Colorado River Delta at the tip of the Gulf of California between Baja California and Sonora.

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Grand County, Colorado County in the United States

Grand County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,843. The county seat is Hot Sulphur Springs.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Williams Fork
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011

Coordinates: 40°03′23″N106°10′48″W / 40.0563743°N 106.1800240°W / 40.0563743; -106.1800240

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