Water does indeed flow into Colorado
The tiny Rocky Mountain News item of April 28, “All tapped out” (Extra!), says that no water flows into Colorado, it all flows out.
However, a quick glance at a state map shows that there are at least six rivers and creeks flowing into the state, one (the Green River) being of very substantial size.
They are (listed clockwise from the northwest corner of the state):
Green River in northwest Colorado, which flows for 40 miles out of Utah, through our state, and back into Utah; it is the largest tributary of the Colorado River.
Vermillion Creek in northwest Colorado, which flows out of Wyoming into the Green River.
Little Snake River in northwest Colorado, which flows from Colorado into Wyoming and back into Colorado, where it joins the Yampa River.
Crow Creek in northeast Colorado, which passes near Cheyenne, Wyo., and then into Colorado at Hereford, and then on to the Greeley area where it joins the South Platte River.
Cimarron River in southeast Colorado, which cuts across the corner of Colorado from Oklahoma to Kansas.
Costilla Creek in southern Colorado, which leaves New Mexico near Garcia and flows to the Rio Grande at the border south of Alamosa.
There may well be other smaller streams that would qualify as well.
Collier Smith, Lafayette
and all of those examples fill how many of our lakes and damns with water? none
Posted by on May 8, 2007 05:53 AMPosted, you've mist the point.
There are rivers that flow into colorado which create health and balance in the land around them.
Flooding happens because rivers are dried up, if soils are kept wet in wetland/river areas and not pumped dry, then they are permeable and obsorb large flows easily.
The boom bust cylce of water managment happens about every 10-12 years, pumping has exascerbated it ; now we have longer drought periods, that are more severe.
Be glad the river runs, it means the land Collier described is healthy.
Posted by farmer on May 8, 2007 11:16 AM