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Cebolla Creek is a
stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...
in Gunnison and Hinsdale counties in
Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
, United States, that is a tributary of 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 the ...
. The river's name comes from the Native Americans of the area, who relied on wild onions (Spanish: ''cebolla'') as a food source.


Historical names

*Stream with the White Banks (translated from
Ute Ute or UTE may refer to: * Ute people, a Native American people of the Great Basin * Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Utah * Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah * Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern ...
) *Soda Creek - 1873 *White Earth River - 1874 *Cebolla Creek


See also

*
List of rivers of Colorado This is a list of rivers and streams in the United States, U.S. Colorado, State of Colorado. ##Alphabetical list, Alphabetical list ##Tributary chart, Tributary chart __TOC__ Alphabetical list The following alphabetical list includes many import ...


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External links

Rivers of Gunnison County, Colorado Rivers of Hinsdale County, Colorado Rivers of Colorado {{Colorado-river-stub