Uncompahgre River

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Uncompahgre River
The Uncompahgre River north of Ouray

The Uncompahgre River north of Ouray

Data
Water code US :  185397
location Colorado (USA)
River system Colorado River
Drain over Gunnison River  → Colorado River  → Gulf of California
source Lake Como
37 ° 55 ′ 9 ″  N , 107 ° 37 ′ 11 ″  W.
Source height 3723  m
muzzle at Delta in the Gunnison River coordinates: 38 ° 45 '24 "  N , 108 ° 5' 25"  W 38 ° 45 '24 "  N , 108 ° 5' 25"  W.
Mouth height 1498  m
Height difference 2225 m
Bottom slope 18 ‰
length 121 km
Reservoirs flowed through Ridgway Reservoir

The Uncompahgre River is a 121 km long tributary of the Gunnison River in the southwest of the US state Colorado . It rises from Lake Como ( 3723  m ), a small mountain lake in the Uncompahgre National Forest in the north of San Juan County . It flows northwest through the mountain villages Ouray , Ridgway , Montrose , Olathe and flows into the Gunnison in Confluence Park near Delta .

The river formed the two gorges Poughkeepsie Gulch and Uncompahgre Gorge over the years . There are two dams on the river : a small dam in the Uncompahgre Gulch and another dam called Ridgway Dam , which dams the Ridgway Reservoir . The name comes from the Ute people and means something like "dirty water", "red lake" or "red water source".

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  1. ↑ according to GNIS "hot water source"