Colorado River

Scale: regional

Habitat: major river system, southwestern US river system, river, large, high-order river, river system

Also known as: Lower Colorado River, lower Colorado River, Little Colorado River, Colorado River Valley, Colorado River System, Upper Colorado Rivers, Colorado River delta, Colorado River 1, Colorado River 2, Colorado River 3, CO-1 Colorado River

Papers: 17 | Mentions: 81

Publications (17)

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Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

2025Remote Sensing of Environmentmentioned

student_paper

Best restoration practices: Do BDAs mimic inundation patterns of natural beaver dams?

2025reference location

article

Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

2024Nature Waterregional context

article

Modeling snow dynamics and stable water isotopes across mountain landscapes

2022Geophysical Research Lettersreference location

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On the similarity of hillslope hydrologic function: a clustering approach based on groundwater changes

2022Hydrology and Earth System Sciencesreference location

thesis

Effects of early snowmelt on plant phenophase timing and duration across an elevation gradient

2021mentioned

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Topographic Map Analysis of Mountain Passes Crossing the Continental Divide Between Colorado River Headwaters and North and South Platte River Headwaters to Test a New Geomorphology Paradigm, Colorado, USA

2020Journal of Geography and Geologyprimary study site

Datasets (10)

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Data for Unraveling the Drivers of Water Shortage across Spatial Scales and Sectors in Colorado's West Slope River Basins

2025study site

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Upper Colorado River Basin: Monitoring sites and water chemistry data used to develop a specific conductance - salinity proxy model

2024study site

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Humpback chub (Gila cypha) capture histories and growth data for two areas in the Colorado River network from 2009-2022 and 2017-2022

2023study site

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Rainbow trout diet and invertebrate drift data from 2012-2015 for the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona

2021study site

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Basin Characteristic Layers for the Upper Colorado & Gunnison Rivers Pilot Project for StreamStats 2020

2021study site

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Predicting sedimentary bedrock subsurface weathering fronts and weathering rates: Dataset.

2021reference site

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Hydrologic Model Files (PRMS) for Historical Conditions in the East River Watershed, Colorado between 1987-2019

Colorado River

Child Places (28)

15 Mile Reach

15-Mile Reach

Badger Wash

Boulder Dam

Check bypass channel

Colorado River Storage Project

Crystal River

Davis Dam

GVIC diversion dam

Glen Canyon

Grand Canyon

Grand Valley Project

Imperial Dam

Imperial Valley

Laguna Dam

Lake Mohave

Lower Colorado River GMU

Lower Gunnison

Morales Dam

Paria River

Parker Dam

Price-Stubb Diversion

Roaring Fork River

Roller Dam

Upper Colorado River Basin

Upper Colorado River GMU

West Divide Project

Yuma Desalting Plant

Publications (17)

Abiotic influences on continuous conifer forest structure across a subalpine watershed

Best restoration practices: Do BDAs mimic inundation patterns of natural beaver dams?

Declining groundwater storage expected to amplify mountain streamflow reductions in a warmer world

Modeling snow dynamics and stable water isotopes across mountain landscapes

On the similarity of hillslope hydrologic function: a clustering approach based on groundwater changes

Effects of early snowmelt on plant phenophase timing and duration across an elevation gradient

Topographic Map Analysis of Mountain Passes Crossing the Continental Divide Between Colorado River Headwaters and North and South Platte River Headwaters to Test a New Geomorphology Paradigm, Colorado, USA

Datasets (10)

Data for Unraveling the Drivers of Water Shortage across Spatial Scales and Sectors in Colorado's West Slope River Basins

Upper Colorado River Basin: Monitoring sites and water chemistry data used to develop a specific conductance - salinity proxy model

Humpback chub (Gila cypha) capture histories and growth data for two areas in the Colorado River network from 2009-2022 and 2017-2022

Rainbow trout diet and invertebrate drift data from 2012-2015 for the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Basin Characteristic Layers for the Upper Colorado & Gunnison Rivers Pilot Project for StreamStats 2020

Predicting sedimentary bedrock subsurface weathering fronts and weathering rates: Dataset.

Hydrologic Model Files (PRMS) for Historical Conditions in the East River Watershed, Colorado between 1987-2019

Estimating densities of larval Salmonflies (Pteronarcys californica) through multiple pass removal of post-emergent exuvia in Colorado rivers

Documents (54)

Final Supplementary Rule for Public Lands in the Colorado River Valley, Grand Junction and Kremmling Field Offices, and the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, CO

Availability of the Records of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plans for the Grand Junction Field Office and the Colorado River Valley Field Office, Colorado

Notice of Availability of the Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado River Valley Field Office and Grand Junction Field Office Resource Management Plans, Colorado

Final Record of Decision for the Revised Land Management Plan for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests

Public Lands in the Colorado River Valley, Grand Junction and Kremmling Field Offices, and the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, CO

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Colorado Hookless Cactus From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Western Distinct Population Segment of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Species Studied Here

fish and wildlife

fish and wildlife (general)

endangered species of fish

endangered fishes

endangered fish (unspecified)

endangered fish species

endangered fish

Engelmann Spruce

Ptychocheilus lucius

Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra

Differential C-Q Analysis: A New Approach to Inferring Lateral Transport and Hydrologic Transients Within Multiple Reaches of a Mountainous Headwater Catchment

Hyporheic Zone Microbiome Assembly Is Linked to Dynamic Water Mixing Patterns in Snowmelt-Dominated Headwater Catchments

Streamflow partitioning and transit time distribution in snow-dominated basins as a function of climate

Depth- and time-resolved distributions of snowmelt-driven hillslope subsurface flow and transport and their contributions to surface waters.

Constraining the Timing of River Incision in the Upper Colorado Drainage Basin Using Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology in the Elk Mountains, Western Colorado

Assessing the Role of Oxbow Deposits in Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics within Alpine Watersheds

Using geochemical indicators to distinguish high biogeochemical activitiy in floodplain soils and sediments

River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado

Hydrologic and Biotic Effects of Grazing vs. Non-Grazing near Grand Junction, Colorado

Glacial advances and soil development, Grand Mesa, Colorado

Hydrologic Model Files (PRMS) for Historical Conditions in the East River Watershed, Colorado between 1987-2019

Hydrologic Model Files (PRMS) for Historical Conditions in the East River Watershed, Colorado between 1987-2019

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Western Distinct Population Segment of the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

Notice of Proposed Supplementary Rules for Public Lands in Colorado