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<br />the c~paot, while &reat quantities at water annually flaw ~o <br />wa4te across the interstate line, during the flood season an4 <br />tne winter months, which are available tor diTers10n b1 the <br />proPQ~d Perkins County Canal ~ithcut injury ~o present ar <br />~uture development in Colorado, ~rincipally by reason or the <br />tact tbat most of said waters return to the river below avail- <br />able points of' diversion by Colorado cons truators. The once <br />"disappearing" flood stream has been converted into one of con- <br />stant 1'10'1 making possi ole the dev~lo pmen t in bo th 11 ta t as 0- <br />The South Platte River rises wholly ~ithin the State <br />o~ Colorado, wi~h the exoeption of Lone Tree, Crow and Lodge- <br />:pole Cr~eks, tributaries wnich enter the stream from the north <br />and bave their rise in Wyoming. From ita sources at the Conti- <br />nental D1videl the atrsam flowa northeasterly through South <br />Park, emerging tram t~a mountains at Platte Canon6 end th~nce <br />flows northerly to the mouth of the Cache la Poudre, receiving <br />contributions from various large tributaries below the canol'l..a <br />It then :flows ttasterly and northeasterly, to the boundary <br />line between Colorado and Nebraska, and thence easterly to join <br />tne North Platte River at North Platte, Hebraskao <br />The area ~ra1ned and ger~ed by the South Platte 13 <br />quite extensive in the u-pper portion and graduallycontracta <br />aa tho river prQceeds easterly. From Julssb.rg, Colorado, te <br />Borth Platta, Nebraska, t~9 river flows through a narro~ Tallay <br /> <br />10- <br />