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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />23~7 <br /> <br />Drainaqe <br /> <br /> <br />The Ute Mountain Indian Reservation is drained by <br /> <br /> <br />tributaries of the San Juan River. The river flows a few <br /> <br />miles south of the reservation in Ne.., Mexico and turns <br />northwestward across tJle extreme southwest corner (fig. 1) <br />at Four Corners. The Mancos River is the main tributary, <br />entering the area in the northeast corner and flowing to <br />the southwest corner, where It joins tile Sun Juan River <br />just outside the southern boundary. with its tributaries, <br />the Mancos River drains all the Colorado part of Mesa Verde, <br />the southern half of the Ute Mountains, and areas to the <br />south Lhrough Navajo \viJsh, Spring Creek, and Aztec Wash. <br />The western po.rt of the area is drained by Cowboy, <br />Mariano, and Marble Washes, which empty directly into the <br />San Juan River t.o the wes t. <br />The northern half of the Ute Nountains area is drained <br />by tributaries of McElmo Creek, \vhich flov-.s west\vard through <br />MeElmo CClnyon at the reservation boundary north of the Ute <br />Mountains. <br /> <br />The New Mexico and La plato. County, Colo., parts are <br /> <br />drained by tributaries flowing southward into the San Juan <br />River. <br /> <br />.:t, 'l' <br />