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The 29 pages that link to Colorado River, each with the reason it gives.

• Rocky MountainsRelated: Its headwaters in the Rockies supply water to a large, arid region downstream.

• Riparian zoneBroader topic: Its regulated flows illustrate how water management changes downstream riparian habitats.

• Colorado PlateauRelated: Its incision produced the plateau’s most extensive canyon system.

• Columbia RiverCompared with: Unlike the Columbia, it drains an arid interior basin and rarely reaches the sea.

• Grand CanyonRelated: Its flow has cut the canyon and continues to transport sediment through it.

• Rio GrandeCompared with: Unlike the Rio Grande, it no longer regularly reaches the sea in most years.

• Transboundary riverBroader topic: Its heavily allocated waters illustrate how upstream use can leave little flow for downstream ecosystems.

• ArizonaRelated: It forms Arizona’s western boundary and supplies water across the region.

• Hoover DamNarrower topic: Hoover Dam regulates a river whose water serves cities, farms, and ecosystems across the Southwest.

• ColoradoRelated: The river begins in the state’s Rocky Mountain headwaters.

• John Wesley PowellNarrower topic: The river system was the central route and subject of Powell’s explorations.

• Arkansas RiverCompared with: Both rise in the Rocky Mountains, but the Colorado drains west and south rather than to the Mississippi.

• Lake MeadNarrower topic: Its flows replenish Lake Mead and supply water to the reservoir’s users.

• NevadaRelated: It forms part of Nevada’s southeastern boundary and supplies water to Las Vegas.

• UtahRelated: Its tributaries and canyons shape Utah’s southeastern landscapes.

• Rocky Mountain National ParkRelated: Its source area connects the park’s mountain watersheds to a vast downstream river basin.

• Arches National ParkRelated: The river borders the park’s southern edge and helps define its regional landscape.

• Grand Canyon National ParkRelated: Its flow cuts and transports sediment through the canyon.

• Hells CanyonCompared with: Its carving of the Grand Canyon offers a contrasting river-and-gorge system.

• Salton SeaRelated: A breach in Colorado River irrigation works sent water into the Salton Sink.

• Southwestern United StatesRelated: Its overallocated waters sustain cities and agriculture across the arid Southwest.

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National ParkRelated: The Gunnison joins it downstream, linking the park’s watershed to a much larger river system.

• García López de CárdenasBroader topic: The river visible far below the canyon rim was the target of Cárdenas’s unsuccessful descent.

• Gila RiverRelated: The Gila joins the Colorado near Yuma, Arizona.

• Continental Divide of the AmericasRelated: Its Pacific-bound drainage begins on the western side of the divide.

• Glenwood CanyonRelated: Its flow through the canyon carved the gorge and continues to shape its river corridor.

• Irrigation in the United StatesRelated: Its reservoirs and diversions support farms in an arid multistate basin.

• Mountain StatesRelated: Its reservoirs and diversions connect several Mountain States to downstream users.

• RapidsRelated: Its canyon reach contains many prominent rapids shaped by confined terrain.