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981:Colorado River Compact
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784:Lake Powell
779:Navajo Lake
708:Glen Canyon
703:Price-Stubb
667:Engineering
619:Paria River
609:Kanab Creek
599:Green River
584:Eagle River
556:Tributaries
516:Alamo River
379:Glen Canyon
361:Ruby Canyon
340:Gore Canyon
40:Mesa County
26:in western
1123:Categories
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733:Palo Verde
594:Gila River
564:Blue River
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471:Grand Lake
250:New Mexico
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154:0878426094
129:2017-10-13
107:References
74:Cretaceous
44:Grand Mesa
789:Lake Mead
693:Windy Gap
658:Río Hardy
521:New River
344:Red Gorge
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1076:Colorado
738:Imperial
236:Colorado
95:See also
52:Palisade
36:De Beque
28:Colorado
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328:Canyons
271:Mexico
264:Wyoming
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283:Sonora
243:Nevada
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