The principal

tributaries A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drain ...

of the

Colorado River The Colorado River ( es, Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven U.S. s ...

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are the Gila River, the San Juan River, the Green River, and the

Gunnison River The Gunnison River is located in western Colorado, United States and is one of the largest tributaries of the Colorado River. Description The river flows east to west and has a drainage area of according to the USGS. The drainage basin of ...

Tributary tree

The following is a tree demonstrating the points at which the major and minor

of the

branch off from the main river and from each other. *(Source-upstream) **

Fraser River The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual ...

** Muddy Creek ** Blue River *** Snake River *** Tenmile Creek ** Piney River ** Eagle River *** Gore Creek **

Roaring Fork River Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in west central Colorado in the United States. The river drains a populated and economically vital area of the Colorado Western Slope called the Roaring Fork Valley ...

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Fryingpan River The Fryingpan River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 18, 2011 in Eagle and Pitkin counties in Colora ...

*** Crystal River ** Plateau Creek **

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East River The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates the borough of Quee ...

**** Slate River *** Taylor River ***

Tomichi Creek Tomichi Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the Gunnison River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. Description Tomichi Cre ...

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Cochetopa Creek Cochetopa Creek is a stream in Saguache and Gunnison counties in Colorado, United States. It rises on San Luis Peak in the La Garita Mountains. It merges with Tomichi Creek near the town of Parlin, Colorado, along Highway 50. The creek flow ...

**** Quartz Creek ***

Lake Fork Gunnison River Lake Fork Gunnison River or (Lake Fork) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the Gunnison River in Colorado. The river's source is Sloan Lake ...

**** Henson Creek ***

Uncompahgre River The Uncompahgre River is a tributary of the Gunnison River, approximately 75 mi (121 km) long, in southwestern Colorado in the United States. Lake Como at 12,215 ft (3723m) in northern San Juan County, in the Uncompahgre Nation ...

*** Smith Fork *** North Fork Gunnison River ** Little Dolores River ** Dolores River *** West Dolores River *** San Miguel River ** Green River *** Big Sandy River ***

Blacks Fork Blacks Fork (also referred to as Blacks Fork of the Green River) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the Green River in Utah and Wyoming in the United ...

*** Henry's Fork *** Sheep Creek *** Carter Creek ***

Cart Creek A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people. It is different from the flatbed tr ...

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Crouse Creek Crouse Creek is a stream in the Uinta Mountains near the eastern edge of Daggett County, Utah, United States. Description The creek is a distributary of the Pot Creek and branches off from that creek about due east of the Crouse Creek Dam and ...

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Vermillion Creek Vermillion Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 18, 2011 tributary of the Green River. It flows south from Sweetwater County, Wyoming to a confluence with th ...

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Yampa River The Yampa River flows through northwestern Colorado in the United States. Rising in the Rocky Mountains, it is a tributary of the Green River and a major part of the Colorado River system. The Yampa is one of the few free-flowing rivers in the ...

**** Bear River **** Elk River ****

Little Snake River The Little Snake River is a tributary of the Yampa River, approximately long, in southwestern Wyoming and northwestern Colorado in the United States. It rises near the continental divide, in Routt National Forest in northern Routt County, C ...

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*** Duchesne River *** White River *** Willow River *** Price River **** White River ****

Range Creek Range Creek, rising in the Book Cliffs in Emery County, Utah, is a high tributary of the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River. The creek flows year around. It has been nominated for classification as a National Wild and Scenic Ri ...

*** San Rafael River ** Dark Canyon **

Dirty Devil River The Dirty Devil River is an tributary of the Colorado River, located in the U.S. state of Utah. It flows through southern Utah from the confluence of the Fremont River and Muddy Creek before emptying into the Colorado River at Lake Powell. Co ...

*** Muddy Creek ***

Fremont River The Fremont River is a long river in southeastern Utah, United States that flows from the Johnson Valley Reservoir, which is located on the Wasatch Plateau near Fish Lake, southeast through Capitol Reef National Park to the Muddy Creek near ...

** Escalante River ** San Juan River *** East Fork San Juan River ***

West Fork San Juan River West Fork San Juan River is a tributary of the San Juan River in Minerala and Archuleta counties in Colorado, United States. The stream flows from a source near South River Peak in Mineral County to a confluence with the East Fork San Jua ...

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Wolf Creek Wolf Creek may refer to: Bodies of water Missouri * Wolf Creek (Beaver Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Cane Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Cave Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (Elkhorn Creek tributary) * Wolf Creek (South Grand River tributary) * ...

*** Navajo River *** Piedra River *** Los Pinos River ***

Animas River Animas River (''On-e-mas''; es, Río de las Ánimas) is a river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System. The Animas-La Plata Water Project was completed in 2015. The project pumps w ...

**** Florida River *** La Plata River *** Chaco River ***

Mancos River The Mancos River, formerly also El Rio de San Lazaro, is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 21, 2011 northeast tributary of the San Juan River. It flows from the ...

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Chinle Creek Chinle Creek is a tributary stream of the San Juan River in Apache County, Arizona and San Juan County, Utah. Its source is at , the confluence of Laguña Creek and the Chinle Wash arroyo. Its name is derived from the Navajo word ''ch'inili'' ...

** Paria River ** Little Colorado River *** Zuni River **** Rio Nutria, tributary to the Zuni River **** Rio Pescado, tributary to the Zuni River ***

Puerco River The Puerco River or Rio Puerco is a tributary of the Little Colorado River in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. It flows through arid terrain, including the Painted Desert. Name The Puerco River is sometimes called Rio Puer ...

Bright Angel Creek Bright Angel Creek is an American body of water located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park flowing into the Colorado River at the end of the North Kaibab Trail on the north side of the river. The creek originates from Roaring Sprin ...

** Crystal Creek (Arizona) ** Tapeats Creek *** Thunder River ** Deer Creek **

Kanab Creek Kanab Creek ( ) is one of the many tributaries of the Colorado River. It begins in Kane County, Utah, just south of the watershed to the Great Basin and flows south to the Colorado River. The stream headwaters arise at at an elevation of appr ...

Havasu Creek Havasu Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Arizona associated with the Havasupai people. It is a tributary to the Colorado River, which it enters in the Grand Canyon. Stream course and features Havasu Creek is the second largest tributary ...

** Diamond Creek ** Virgin River ***

Meadow Valley Wash The Meadow Valley Wash is a southern Nevada stream draining the Meadow Watershed that is bordered on three sides by the Great Basin Divide. The wash's Lincoln County head point is in the Wilson Creek Range, and the wash includes two upper con ...

*** Muddy River ** Las Vegas Wash ** Bill Williams River *** Santa Maria River *** Big Sandy River ** Gila River *** San Francisco River **** Tularosa River *** San Pedro River *** Santa Cruz River *** Salt River **** Black River ****

Tonto Creek Tonto Creek is a stream located in the Mogollon Rim area of the state of Arizona on the north edge of the Tonto National Forest. The closest town, Payson, is away. Tonto Creek is a stream that flows year round, starting just below the Mogol ...

**** Verde River ***** Oak Creek *** Agua Fria River *** Hassayampa River ** Hardy River *

Gulf of California The Gulf of California ( es, Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Bermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja C ...

-(Sea of Cortez)

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River and Tributary Locations determined by examining maps available at USGS national atla

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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...

Tributary tree

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