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<br />MAY 1982 <br /> <br />II I SETT ING <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />The McElmo Creek Salinity Control Unit, known locally as the Montezuma <br /> <br />Valley, is located within Montezuma County in the southwest corner of <br /> <br />Colorado. It lies between prominent physiographic features such as Mesa <br /> <br />Verde rising to an elevation of about 8,400 feet on the southeast, Ute <br /> <br />Mountain rising about 10,000 feet on the southwest, and the Dolores River <br /> <br />Canyon to the northeast. North and northwest of Cortez the land is a high <br /> <br />"+.. <br />:!<. <br /> <br /> <br />... <br />. <br /> <br />COLORADO <br />McElmc CNIIll.A'llt <br />/ <br /> <br />..~,.. "C,. <br /> <br />_e"() \ <br />5 " <br />~~~ <br />(.'.< -~ <br />". "~ <br />'..1".....- <br /> <br />UTA H <br /> <br />IIltlCIt <br /> <br />LOCATION <br /> <br />,.. .""'--- <br />):J "'MM" <br />I IUS <br /> <br />L[liUlt <br /> <br />CIU.I....'[ IOuflo.U:r <br />lMl'lIICW{DItOlO <br />UtllllllNOot'[D JIOAD <br /> <br />c:=J ITI,lDT ,t.ltU <br /> <br />, 0 10 <br />..... <br />IUL[ I"" MILES <br /> <br />UTAt-t <br />- -ARIZONA <br /> <br />COLORADO <br />NEW Mi'iiCO' <br /> <br />FIGURE III-I. <br /> <br />McELMO CREEK DRAINAGE. <br />McELMO CREEK SALINITY CONTROL STUDY, <br /> <br />COLO~~~ 37 <br />C\... ... <br /> <br />III-I <br />