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<br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPTER I <br /> <br />GENERAL DISCUSSIONS <br /> <br />Streams and watersheds <br /> <br />The Yampa and White Rivers, which would provide project water, border <br />the project area on the north and south. Both are tributaries of the <br />Green River which in turn is a tributary of the Colorado River. <br /> <br />Yampa River heads on the eastern end of the White River Plateau and <br />the westeru slope of the Park Range in the Rocky Mountains which form the <br />Continental Divide. From its headwaters at elevations of more ~han 12,000 <br />feet the river flows westward about 250 miles to its junction with the <br />Green River about 4 miles east of the Colorado-Utah border. Through most <br />of its length the river flows through fairly broad valleys. It has cut <br />through hard rock formations, however, at Juniper, Cross, and Blue Moun- <br />tains to form narrow canyons or gorges. Beth Juniper and Cross Mountain <br />Canyons are potential major sites for regulation of the river flow. Trib- <br />utaries of the Yampa River in the vicinity of the project include Williams <br />Fork River, Ley Creek, Deception Creek, and the Little Snake River. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />White River runs generally parallel to and south of the Yampa River. <br />It has its principal headwaters in the White River Plateau at elevations <br />up to 12,000 feet. From its headwaters the White River flows generally <br />westward about 180 miles to its confluence with the Green River, about 2 <br />miles south of Ourey, Utah, and 35 miles west of the Utah-Colorado line. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Looking east at Green River and White River near Ouray, Utah. <br /> <br />6 <br />