Editing Colorado River (section)

===Major tributaries===
[[Image:San juan river entrenched meanders.jpg|thumb|alt=View of a river winding through a series of narrow gorges that dramatically double back on each other|The San Juan River near [[Mexican Hat, Utah]]]]
[[Image:Mineral-Bottom.jpg|thumb|alt=View of a brownish river flowing between vegetated banks, with high bluffs rising in the background|The Green River at Mineral Bottom, just north of Canyonlands National Park]]
{{main|List of tributaries of the Colorado River}}
The Colorado is joined by over 25 significant tributaries, of which the Green River is the largest by both length and discharge. The Green River takes drainage from the [[Wind River Range]] of west-central Wyoming, from Utah's [[Uinta Mountains]], and from the Rockies of northwestern Colorado.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://waterplan.state.wy.us/plan/green/execsumm.html |title=Executive Summary, Green River Basin Water Plan |publisher=Wyoming State Water Plan |date=February 2001 |access-date=February 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125065800/http://waterplan.state.wy.us/plan/green/execsumm.html |archive-date=November 25, 2011}}</ref> The Gila River is the second longest and drains a greater area than the Green,<ref name="USGSbasins"/> but has a significantly lower flow because of a more arid climate and larger diversions for irrigation and cities.{{sfn|Benke|Cushing|p=514|2005}} Both the Gunnison and San Juan rivers, which derive most of their water from Rocky Mountains snowmelt, contribute more water than the Gila contributed naturally.{{sfn|Benke|Cushing|pp=532–533|2005}}

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!colspan=9|Statistics of the Colorado's longest tributaries
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!Name
!State
!colspan=2|Length
!colspan=2|Watershed
!colspan=2|Discharge
!References
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![[Mile|mi]]
![[Kilometer|km]]
![[Square mile|mi<sup>2</sup>]]
![[Square kilometer|km<sup>2</sup>]]
![[Cubic feet per second|cfs]]
![[Cubic metres per second|m<sup>3</sup>/s]]
!
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!scope=row|[[Green River (Colorado River)|Green River]]
|[[Utah]]
|{{convert|730|mi|km|disp=table}}
|{{convert|48100|mi2|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert|6048|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table}}
|<ref name="USGSbasins"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.utahrivers.org/programs/green-river/ |title=Green River |publisher=Utah Rivers Council |access-date=February 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514195956/http://www.utahrivers.org/programs/green-river/ |archive-date=May 14, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Greendischarge">{{cite web |url=http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09315000.2010.pdf |title=USGS Gage #09315000 on the Green River at Green River, UT |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |work=National Water Information System |date=1895–2010 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120033921/http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09315000.2010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{refn|Discharge data is for [[Green River, Utah]], {{convert|117.6|mi|km}} upstream from the mouth. The stream gauge here measures flow from an area of {{convert|44850|mi2|km2}}, representing about 93.2&nbsp;percent of the basin.<ref name="Greendischarge"/>|group=n}}
|- style="font-size:9pt"
!scope=row|[[Gila River]]
|[[Arizona]]
|{{convert|649|mi|km|disp=table}}
|{{convert|58200|mi2|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert|247|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table}}
|<ref name="USGSrivers"/><ref name="USGSbasins"/><ref name="Giladischarge">{{cite web |url=http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2011/pdfs/09520500.2011.pdf |title=USGS Gage #09520000 on the Gila River near Dome, AZ |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |work=National Water Information System |date=1905–2011 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120033838/http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2011/pdfs/09520500.2011.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{refn|Before large irrigation and municipal diversions, the Gila River discharged about {{convert|1.3|e6acre.ft|km3}} per year,{{sfn|Benke|Cushing|p=514|2005}} which equals a flow of nearly {{convert|2000|cuft/s|m3/s}}.|group=n}}
|- style="font-size:9pt"
!scope=row|[[San Juan River (Colorado River)|San Juan River]]
|Utah
|{{convert|383|mi|km|disp=table}}
|{{convert|24600|mi2|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert|2192|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table}}
|<ref name="USGSbasins"/><ref name="NHD">[http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630110913/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=June 30, 2016 }}. U.S. Geological Survey. Accessed February 25, 2012</ref><ref name="SJdischarge">{{cite web |url=http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09379500.2010.pdf |title=USGS Gage #09379000 on the San Juan River near Bluff, UT |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |work=National Water Information System |date=1914–2010 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120034138/http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09379500.2010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{refn|Discharge data is for [[Bluff, Utah]], located about {{convert|113.5|mi|km}} above the confluence with the Colorado. The gauge measures flow from an area of {{convert|23000|mi2|km2}}, about 93.5&nbsp;percent of the basin.<ref name="SJdischarge"/>|group=n}}
|- style="font-size:9pt"
!scope=row|[[Little Colorado River]]
|Arizona
|{{convert|356|mi|km|disp=table}}
|{{convert|26500|mi2|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert|424|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table}}
|<ref name="USGSbasins"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azstreambeds.com/UserFiles/File/pdf/finalreports/Little%20Colorado%20River.pdf |title=Report, Findings, and Determination Regarding the Navigability of the Little Colorado River From its Headwaters to the Confluence with the Colorado River |publisher=Arizona Navigable Stream Adjudication Commission |year=2005 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422223009/http://www.azstreambeds.com/UserFiles/File/pdf/finalreports/Little%20Colorado%20River.pdf |archive-date=April 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name="LCdischarge">{{cite web |url=http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09402300.2010.pdf |title=USGS Gage #09402300 on the Little Colorado River Above the Mouth near Desert View, AZ |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |work=National Water Information System |date=1990–2010 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120033413/http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09402300.2010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="font-size:9pt"
!scope=row|[[Dolores River]]
|Utah
|{{convert|250|mi|km|disp=table}}
|{{convert|4574|mi2|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert|633|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table}}
|<ref name="USGSbasins"/>{{sfn|Fielder|2002|p=403}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09180000.2010.pdf |title=USGS Gage #09180000 on the Dolores River near Cisco, UT |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |work=National Water Information System |date=1950–2010 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120034112/http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09180000.2010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="font-size:9pt"
!scope=row|[[Gunnison River]]
|[[Colorado]]
|{{convert|164|mi|km|disp=table}}
|{{convert|7930|mi2|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert|2570|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table}}
|<ref name="USGSbasins"/><ref name="NHD"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09152500.2010.pdf |title=USGS Gage #09152000 on the Gunnison River near Grand Junction, CO |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |work=National Water Information System |date=1897–2010 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120034055/http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09152500.2010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- style="font-size:9pt"
!scope=row|[[Virgin River]]
|[[Nevada]]
|{{convert|160|mi|km|disp=table}}
|{{convert|13020|mi2|km2|disp=table}}
|{{convert|239|cuft/s|m3/s|disp=table}}
|<ref name="USGSbasins"/>{{sfn|Annerino|1999|p=8}}<ref name="Virgindischarge">{{cite web |url=http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09415000.2010.pdf |title=USGS Gage #09415000 on the Virgin River at Littlefield, AZ |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |work=National Water Information System |date=1929–2010 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120033907/http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2010/pdfs/09415000.2010.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{refn|Discharge data is for [[Littlefield, Arizona]], about {{convert|66|mi|km}} from the confluence with the Colorado, and also upstream of the confluence with its major tributary, the [[Muddy River (Nevada)|Muddy River]]. The gauge measures flow from an area of {{convert|5090|mi2|km2}}, about 39.1&nbsp;percent of the total basin.<ref name="Virgindischarge"/>|group=n}}
|}