How long is the colorado river?

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Rio Grande). 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. read more

At 1,450 miles long, the Colorado River is the sixth longest in the nation, passing through seven states and two nations. The Colorado basin spans 260,000 square miles, about 8 percent of the continental U. S. The river flows through 11 national parks and monuments. read more

The Colorado River is one of the principal rivers of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Rio Grande). 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. read more

The river was divided at Lees Ferry, Ariz., into the lower compact states—Arizona, Nevada, and California—and the upper compact states—Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; the total annual flow of the Colorado River was estimated to be 17 million acre-feet (the volume of area that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot) at Lees Ferry, of which 15 million acre-feet were equally, yet somewhat ambiguously, divided between the lower and the upper compact states. read more

At 1,450 miles long, the Colorado River is the sixth longest in the nation, passing through seven states and two nations. The Colorado basin spans 260,000 square miles, about 8 percent of the continental U.S. The river flows through 11 national parks and monuments. read more

The river was divided at Lees Ferry, Ariz. , into the lower compact states—Arizona, Nevada, and California—and the upper compact states—Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; the total annual flow of the Colorado River was estimated to be 17 million acre-feet (the volume of area that would cover one acre to a depth of one foot) at Lees Ferry, of which 15 million acre-feet were equally, yet somewhat ambiguously, divided between the lower and the upper compact states. read more