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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />APPENDIX I <br /> <br />GENEP',AL l\.ND ECON01:IC DATA <br /> <br />Description of B~sin <br /> <br />1. Goography. Tho ;38U-th Pltltt__ Ri vel" basin, c..s Sh0i/IJIl -In pl:.tte 1, <br /> <br />is roughly rectangultlr in shape with 8.u elongat~on ut thCl n8rthec.st cornel' <br /> <br />which extends to the eastern lil":lt of the basin at North P1attu, Nubrasket, <br /> <br />The total ureu of the basin is 24,030 square miles of which 19,022 square <br /> <br />miles lie in Colorado, 3,011 square rr.i10s in Nobraska, and 1,997 s,{uare <br /> <br />miles in Uyoming, The South Platte Hi vcr forms on tho 8ustUl'n sbpe of <br /> <br />the Rocky Hountains aLmg the Continental Divido n"rthwest of F'airplay, <br /> <br />Colorado, and flows eastward to Luko Goorge, northwurd t') the vicinity of' <br /> <br />Greeley, Colorado, eastward to Fort Margan, Colorudo, [.nd thenc" north., <br /> <br />eastward to its confluonce wi th the N'Jrth P l,"tte Ri vel' at :brth Platte, <br /> <br />Nebraska. The princip(.l tributuries form ulong the Ctmtill'3ntal Divide <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />c.nd enter the South Platte River from tho wast. Other tribut:lries, including <br /> <br />Cherry Creok, hav" their headwaters along the South Pl"tte.,'crkuns8.s rmd <br /> <br />, <br />South Platte-Republican River divides "nd enter tho SllUth Pldto Hi vel' <br /> <br />frOEl tho s(lUth and EW.st. One I1uj:n" tribut.lry, Lodf.:,op~)lo Crbok, f:)rms nn::lr <br /> <br />laramie, Wyoming, flows paru.l1el to the northern bc,undury of the basin <br /> <br />and enters the South Platt" Ri V8r from the north at Ovid, CClbrado. <br /> <br />2. The South Phtte River basin is b:y,;nded by tho fo11o\ling wut8r~ <br /> <br />sheds beginning ut North Platte, Nobrusku and proceeding clock-vnso ~rJund <br /> <br />the basin, <br /> <br />R0public~n River <br />Arkanso.s River <br />Colorado River <br />North Platte River <br /> <br />3. Physiography. The South Pbtto River basin lies in tW:J of the <br /> <br />major physi~graphic divisions of the United States; the Southern Rocky <br /> <br />Mountl\in province ,,1' the R;)cky Mountain System and the Gre"-t Pb.ins prc}vincc <br /> <br />of the Interior Plains l\" shown on plute 1. The portbn of tho b"sin lying <br /> <br />~ <br />~"";~""':b.h_-F"_ '_' ""~;/'. ~ ._ <br /> <br />1-1 <br /> <br />. -~ "" "~- <br /> <br />.' .,--~ <br /> <br />~ ., <br /> <br /><' ".~ ..,;0;.,) <br />