Navajo River

Navajo River[1]
Lóolahó (Jicarilla Apache)[2]
Mouth Confluence with San Juan
Progression San Juan—Colorado
Mouth elevation 6,319 ft (1,926 m)

Navajo River (Jicarilla Apache: Lóolahó) is a 54-mile-long (87 km)[3] tributary of the San Juan River. It flows from a source in the South San Juan Wilderness of Conejos County, Colorado southwest past Chromo, Colorado. The river dips into New Mexico, passing just north of Dulce before heading northwest to a confluence with the San Juan in Archuleta County, Colorado. A large portion of its water is diverted across the Continental Divide to the Rio Grande basin as part of the San Juan-Chama Project.

References

  1. ^ "Navajo River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:184550. Retrieved 2011-02-02. 
  2. ^ Phone, Wilhelmina et al. Abáachi Mizaa Iłkeeʼ Siijai. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 2007.
  3. ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/. Retrieved Feb. 11, 2011. 

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