Blue River (Colorado)
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 Blue River in the far east of the Colorado River basin - highlighted in turquoise |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 173194 | |
| location | Colorado (USA) | |
| River system | Colorado River | |
| Drain over | Colorado River → Gulf of California | |
| source |
Summit County 39 ° 23 ′ 27 ″ N , 106 ° 1 ′ 12 ″ W. |
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| muzzle | near Kremmling in the Colorado River Coordinates: 40 ° 2 '33 " N , 106 ° 23' 48" W 40 ° 2 '33 " N , 106 ° 23' 48" W |
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| Mouth height |
2238 m
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| length | 121 km | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Dillon Reservoir , Green Mountain Reservoir | |
 The Blue River near Kremmling , looking upstream |
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The Blue River ( English for "Blue River") is an approximately 121 km long left tributary of the Colorado River in the US state of Colorado .
It rises in southern Summit County on the west side of the continental divide near Quandary Peak . The Blue River then flows north past the place of the same name Blue River and Breckenridge and through the Dillon Reservoir near Dillon . The confluence with the Colorado River is near the village of Kremmling .