Elk River (Colorado)

Elk River[1]
Origin Confluence of North Fork and Middle Fork
Mouth Confluence with Yampa River
Progression Yampa—Green—Colorado
Mouth elevation 6,539 ft (1,993 m)

Elk River is a 34.2-mile-long (55.0 km)[2] stream in Colorado. It flows from a confluence of the North Fork Elk River and Middle Fork Elk River in Routt National Forest north of Steamboat Springs to a confluence with the Yampa River.

References

  1. ^ "Elk River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:172505. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011

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