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colorado river
n a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
n an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
The Shrinking Colorado River Arizona won't run out of water, but the amount of water available in the state is linked to the Colorado River flow.
June 27, 2013 - KOLD News 13 Tuscon