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<br />l'he Mcneos River rilles on the weet slope of the Le <br />Pleta Mountains (which ere a sroup lying io the WBst of the <br />main mues of the Son J~n Mountains), and rune west through <br />a narrow ~111ey to the foot of the Mesa Verde, the distance <br /> <br />from the Bource to the WeBa Verde bein<< about 20 miles. Swing- <br /> <br />ing eou~hueBterly through the Mesa Verde the river continues <br /> <br />about 50 ml~eB westerly to its ~unction with the Sen Juan <br />fdver Deer the ~outhwestern corner ot Colorado. !he firet <br /> <br />ten miles of the I&.ncos River is e quick descent f~'om the <br /> <br />source at 13,000 feet elevation, to the junction of ita <br />brllnehes at 7,000 feet !.nd :ropreaenttl itet.otal mountain <br /> <br />watershed. In the next ten miles the I'iver nows through <br /> <br />the Mancoe VlIlley. <br /> <br />The valle:r, lying north of .Menefee MOlUlta1n, is <br /> <br />seldolll A5 wide Ciil one llIiJ.elol, end is flanked by broken 1Ilel5IUI <br /> <br />about one mile wide on either side of the I'iver valley pro- <br /> <br />per. On the north the mense merge iute the long lIlonoel1nal <br /> <br />slopewh1ch extende to the couth rim of the t:unyon of the <br /> <br />Dolores favor Eloout 15 Iilile8 north. A number of long, pro.cti- <br />cell)" dry ~'r,she6 cut t.hi& blop~, running 60utln,ellt until they <br /> <br />enter the S~n Ju~n fiiv~r, some of th&m extenuiug into Utah. <br /> <br />~ <br />~\o <br /> <br />!lone of thOIli is (j reli&ble SOUl'C" 01' wbter supyly a11Q the <br /> <br />lands un this Illop6 Eore not; irrigate" IillllOllt entirely from <br /> <br />the Dolores fliver. <br /> <br />The altitude of the to~, of Mancos, at tlle upper <br /> <br />end of tho velley aNa 1s 7035 feet, and the irrigated IDosas <br /> <br />, <br />