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1452:St. Vallier
1446:Searchlight
1432:Nina Tilden
1376:Colorado II
1266:Lee's Ferry
1132:Alamo Canal
1107:Grand Ditch
1074:Lake Havasu
1069:Lake Mohave
1059:Lake Powell
1054:Navajo Lake
983:Glen Canyon
978:Price-Stubb
942:Engineering
894:Paria River
884:Kanab Creek
874:Green River
859:Eagle River
831:Tributaries
791:Alamo River
654:Glen Canyon
636:Ruby Canyon
615:Gore Canyon
397:The Courier
177:tidal power
169:natural gas
167:discovered
55:, known in
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1695:31°44′18″N
1527:Union Line
1369:Colorado I
1362:Cocopah II
1008:Palo Verde
869:Gila River
839:Blue River
801:Salton Sea
746:Grand Lake
525:New Mexico
504:California
272:Waterbirds
183:References
1634:Shipyards
1465:Uncle Sam
1458:San Jorge
1425:Mohave II
1383:Esmerelda
1355:Cocopah I
1064:Lake Mead
968:Windy Gap
933:Río Hardy
796:New River
619:Red Gorge
163:In 1981,
124:predation
1598:Builders
1418:Mohave I
1390:Explorer
1013:Imperial
511:Colorado
438:29198703
344:73651874
231:Archived
1023:Morelos
603:Canyons
546:Mexico
539:Wyoming
497:Arizona
324:Bibcode
292:1522040
130:, with
128:El Niño
99:Ecology
67:in the
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1100:canals
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998:Parker
988:Hoover
963:Granby
558:Sonora
518:Nevada
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993:Davis
811:Delta
434:S2CID
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288:JSTOR
165:Pemex
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532:Utah
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