Blue River (Colorado)
Blue River | ||
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 |
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 .