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<br />TWO major ri\"l.'f "y~tt:m" ddme :,..<.IUlhw,-'s.tem
<br />LO!l'r.ldlY tho: .....10 Juan .md D()!ort,S
<br />The ,>an luom R1WT ,lngm311',; In the
<br />mountain Tan!,:\.' Ot-J.nng It:; n.ame. roalc'>llng
<br />In the 1llrl'<;.ll'd sl,)p.:.;, and n.uTl'\\" \'J\ley~ n,';if \\'olf
<br />Cn:l'k Pa.;". ;I~ It starts It:; dext.'n! "outhw:nd mto ;\i'W
<br />\leXlCll By the time 1\ .:n',,<,('s the ~1J1<' hne. lb w,tlcr~
<br /><He already Impounded In th.. sl:l'abk wnhm'" of
<br />:\<\\'310 Rc<.c:r\"lllr On liS Jl1l.lml'Y. It \lll1 ;11<.,,-, pll'k
<br />up "';,lIers iwrn It:; major tnhUl;Hlt'" the PIedra RIO
<br />Blanlo Jnd :\;1\"<1)0 R1WT
<br />rho: Dolores RIver g.uhcrs liS waIns !rum
<br />the snnw-\:J.dtn mUllnlall1<'H.ll'S l,f the LI.:ard He'ad \\'lldcmcs<; Area sOllth of
<br />Tcllundl' \;,'1 far aWJ). tht, "an \hgucl Rl\'cr ,'ollcd.; .lod O,IW'; llllrth.
<br />\n:St. Iwmlng the n(lnhcm-nll)sl wJI1:r~ht'd m Lnl' h,bln TIll" :-:;an
<br />\llgud fk,\\"s al1\h,' way J.l\\TI t,l\he SIal,' Ix'ruer hel'lft' -,,)lmn~
<br />up WIth the 0010r6 Ri\-er ,1<' I! mOl"l':; ,1 gum-C- ;ir,'und
<br />thl' 1l10unt.llIh and flows- north and \\611nlO Lwh
<br />In the smnnw\:s[ern (,xncr, [he :-'I.mros. L1
<br />I'lat.1" ;md Animas nwrs ,l1St1 dram ,'ut of the
<br />m,)untalllS and l'wntl.l;llly l"1ll up with lhl' ,""m
<br />!uan RI\Tr
<br />On J l;lr~\'T '.:ak. the ~n Juan and O,)I,nc=. ,m"
<br />part of th~" l:pper C...lbraUL) Ri\TI li.l~in Tnl'
<br />Dolores Illl'el5 up \\1lh tnl' LnlorJd"
<br />Rin:r IU:;[ north 01 \loah
<br />and Ih,' S,m Ju,m Riwr
<br />lllLXI'S wlth thl' CuIM,lJ,)
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<br />COLORADO FOUNDATION FOR WATER EDUCATION
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