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<br /> <br />:5 <br /> <br />) <br />, 't) <br />... <br /> <br />0829 <br /> <br />GENERi\.L. DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />The Lower Hhite River Basin (Dlb4), located in western Rio <br /> <br />Blanco, southern Moffat, and northern Garfield Counties of north- <br /> <br />western Colorado, is a tributary of Green River (Dl). The portion <br /> <br />of the White Fiver Basin with which ,this ~lan is concerned, designated <br /> <br />herein as the "Lower Ya1ite River Basin", is located between the mouth <br /> <br />of Strawberry Creek, about eight miles we~t of Meeker, Colorado, and <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />the Colorado-Utah State line. (See map.) The White River drains <br /> <br /> <br />about 5,820 square miles of northwestern Colorado. ~'proximatelY <br /> <br />940 square miles of the 'i/hi te River drainage above the mouth of <br />11 <br />Strawberry Creek ar~ covered by a previ~~ report. <br /> <br />Therefore, <br /> <br />the drainage area to which this plan relates is 2,880 square m~~~~ <br /> <br />Tributary streams originating on the south side of this area head <br /> <br />along the edge of Roan Plateau, while those entering from the north <br /> <br />head along the Yampa Plateau. These tributaries rise at an eleva- <br /> <br />tion of about 9,000 feet above sea level. The parent stream has an <br /> <br />elevation of 6,100 feet at the mouth of Strawberry Creek and descends <br />\ <br /> <br />to 5,400 feet ~t Rangely, ColoradO, and 5,000 feet at the stream <br /> <br />gaging station near Watson, Utah. <br /> <br />Host of the area is rough and mountainous but along some of <br /> <br /> <br />the tributaries and along the White River the alluvial, bottom lands <br /> <br />Y "Report upon and Recommendations for Limited Operations within <br />Upper Vlhi te River Basin, Colorado", Water Utilization Section, <br />~E, 1941. <br /> <br />