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About the Green River Colorado & Utah
Green River -Major John Wesley Powell first explored this river in 1869 and named its most exciting rapids Disaster Falls, Triplet Falls and Hells Half Mile.
The Green River is a tributary of the Colorado River, 730 mi (1,175 km) long, in the western United States. The Green River Basin covers parts of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. The river begins in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming, and flows through Utah for much of its course, draining the northeastern portion of the state while looping for 40 mi (64 km) into western Colorado. Much of its route is through the Colorado Plateau, some of the most spectacular canyons in the United States. It is the largest tributary of the Colorado, with a mean discharge of 10,150 cfs.
South of the Flaming Gorge Dam in northeastern Utah the Green River flows eastward, looping around the eastern tip of the Uinta Mountains going from Utah into northwestern Colorado, then south into Dinosaur National Monument where it passes through the Canyon of the Lodore (Otherwise known as the Gates of Lodore) and is joined by the Yampa River at Steamboat Rock. It turns westward back into Utah along the southern edge of the Uintas in Whirlpool Canyon.
The Green River flows through Split Mountain Canyon before leaving Dinosaur National Monument in a meandering path across a broad irrigated flood plain. The Green River flows through Split Mountain Canyon before leaving Dinosaur National Monument in a meandering path across a broad irrigated flood plain.
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About the ampa Canyon on the Yampa River Whitewater Rafting Vacation
Advanced Whitewater Rafting Colorado The Yampa River is a great family adventure!
Yampa River - The Yampa is the LAST MAJOR FREE-FLOWING RIVER in the entire Colorado River system, and at prime in May and early June when there are large playful waves from first day to last. But then we come to Warm Springs Rapid,considered one of the west's "Big Drops.
The Yampa River is a tributary of the Green River, approximately 250 mi (402 km) long, in the U.S. state of Colorado.
It rises in the Flat Tops in northwestern Colorado, in the Routt National Forest in southeastern Garfield County, and flows northeast, past Yampa, and north to Steamboat Springs, where it turns abruptly west. It then receives its chief tributary, the Elk River, near the small town of Milner. It continues west in the plateau region along the north side of the Williams Fork Mountains, past the town of Craig. It is joined by the Little Snake River in Moffat County, just east of Dinosaur National Monument. Inside Dinosaur National Monument, it joins the Green near the border with Utah.
The Yampa forms a noticeably wide, shallow stream throughout much of its course. The lower three fourths of the Yampa, from the Elk river down, is navigable by small craft. However the meandering, shallow nature of the river can render the river unnavigable during late summer in low water years. The discharge of the Yampa varies from about 600 cfs during low water summers to 20,000 cfs in spring floods. Average flow at it's confluence with the Green is about 2500 cfs.
The Yampa is one of the finest Northern Pike and Smallmouth bass fisheries in the United States. However for several years now, the US Fish and Wildlife, along with the Colorado Division Of Wildlife, have been killing bass and pike and throwing them on the banks to rot by the thousands. This is because the river is home to endangered species of fish, though the fish are not popular, nor highly valued for food or sport. The introduction of bass and pike has been stipulated to have contributed to the decline of the native fish. These actions are ongoing, despite much controversy and strong public opposition. |
