WSP00003

• File Number: 8200.760
• Description: Yampa River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 4/1/1969
• Author: CWCB - USDA
• Title: Water and Related Land Resources - Yampa River Basin - Colorado and Wyoming
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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The eastern end of the Uinta }~untains extends in an east-west alignment
across the southwestern corner of the basin. This area consists of a
central platform with broad slopes about 8,000 feet in elevation and
bordered by abrupt slopes on the north and south. The most outstanding
features of this area are the spectacular canyons cut through the moun-
tain range to depths of as much as 3,000 feet by the Green and Yampa
rivers. The Green River flows southward through the Loclore Canyon and
the Yampa River flows westward through the Bear Canyon to their conflu-
ence at Echo Park in Dinosaur N~tional Monument.

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Echo Park in Dinosaur ~ational Monument

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The remainder of the Yampa River Basin, lying within the Wyoming Basin
physiographic province, is an area of diverse topography containing
broad plains, gently-sloping ridges, and rough badlands interspersed with
hogback ridges and low mountains. Most of the area lies between 6,500
and 7,500 feet elevation. Low dunes of sand and silt are locally prom-
inent features, especially in alkali areas ~here the scarcity of vegeta-
tion permits the soil to drift into low hummocks.

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