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Tower Mountain, elevation , is a summit located northeast of
Silverton, Colorado
Silverton is a statutory town that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The town is located in a remote part of the western San Juan Mountains, a ra ...
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Description
Tower Mountain is located west of the Continental Divide in theSan Juan Mountains
The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry ...
which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico ...
. Precipitation runoff
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from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Animas River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises above the Animas River in .
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Tower Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.
See also
*List of mountain peaks of North America **List of mountain peaks of the United States ***List of mountain peaks of ColoradoReferences
External links
Mountains of Colorado Mountains of San Juan County, Colorado North American 4000 m summits {{Colorado-geo-stub