WSP02557

• File Number: 8543
• Description: Closed Basin Division
• State: CO
• Basin: Rio Grande
• Water Division: 3
• Date: 7/1/1982
• Author: USBOR
• Title: The San Luis Valley Project - Closed Basin Division - Facts and Concepts about the Project
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Diagrammatic Cross Section of San Luis Valley, Colorado
(No scale: Maximum distance across va~ley is about 50 miles; maximum estimated depth
to bedrock is 10,000 to 30,000, feet)