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1639:Floyd Dominy
1621:
1551:Yuma Project
1351:Grand Valley
1296:Virgin River
1276:
1242:Fraser River
1104:River course
1080:Black Canyon
1037:Grand Canyon
988:Byers Canyon
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659:Major cities
581:. Retrieved
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1644:Lee's Ferry
1510:Alamo Canal
1485:Grand Ditch
1452:Lake Havasu
1447:Lake Mohave
1437:Lake Powell
1432:Navajo Lake
1361:Glen Canyon
1356:Price-Stubb
1320:Engineering
1272:Paria River
1262:Kanab Creek
1252:Green River
1237:Eagle River
1209:Tributaries
1169:Alamo River
1032:Glen Canyon
1014:Ruby Canyon
993:Gore Canyon
756:Ski resorts
730:Near valley
721:Woody Creek
441:Woody Creek
427:in eastern
398:resort city
392:called the
336:Tributaries
234: /
222:107°19′47″W
153: /
141:106°34′04″W
1684:Categories
1386:Palo Verde
1247:Gila River
1217:Blue River
1179:Salton Sea
1124:Grand Lake
903:New Mexico
882:California
773:Buttermilk
676:Carbondale
583:2012-02-27
548:2011-01-27
512:References
457:Carbondale
265:Basin size
219:39°32′57″N
138:39°08′38″N
44:Carbondale
1442:Lake Mead
1346:Windy Gap
1311:Río Hardy
1174:New River
997:Red Gorge
374:tributary
277:Discharge
16:Tributary
1391:Imperial
889:Colorado
783:Sunlight
778:Snowmass
747:Redstone
742:Meredith
711:Snowmass
706:El Jebel
495:See also
479:via the
445:Snowmass
382:Colorado
86:Colorado
67:Location
1401:Morelos
981:Canyons
924:Mexico
917:Wyoming
875:Arizona
469:canyons
435:on the
384:in the
376:of the
72:Country
1478:canals
1396:Laguna
1376:Parker
1366:Hoover
1341:Granby
936:Sonora
896:Nevada
858:system
737:Marble
671:Basalt
453:Basalt
443:, and
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257:Length
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1371:Davis
1189:Delta
666:Aspen
573:(PDF)
402:Aspen
372:is a
291:mouth
181:Mouth
82:State
910:Utah
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