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The Eagle River is a tributary of the
Colorado River The Colorado River () is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The river, the List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), 5th longest in the United St ...
, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed March 18, 2011 in west central
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 ...
in the United States. It rises in southeastern Eagle County, at the
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, and flows northwest past Gilman, Minturn, Avon. Near Wolcott, it turns west, flowing past
Eagle Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family of the Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of Genus, genera, some of which are closely related. True eagles comprise the genus ''Aquila ( ...
and
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, and joins the Colorado at Dotsero, in western Eagle County. Its flow ranges from in late summer of dry years to during spring runoff.
Acid mine drainage Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines and coal mines. Acid rock drainage occurs naturally within some environments as part of the rock weatherin ...
from the abandoned Eagle Mine has entered the river.


See also

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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 ...
* List of tributaries of the Colorado River


References

Rivers of Eagle County, Colorado Rivers of Colorado Tributaries of the Colorado River in Colorado {{Colorado-river-stub