Navajo River[1]
Lóolahó (in Jicarilla Apache)[2]
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates37°15′12″N 106°38′43″W / 37.25333°N 106.64528°W / 37.25333; -106.64528
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with San Juan
 • coordinates
37°01′26″N 107°09′31″W / 37.02389°N 107.15861°W / 37.02389; -107.15861
 • elevation
6,319 ft (1,926 m)
Basin features
ProgressionSan Juan—Colorado

Navajo River (Jicarilla Apache: Lóolahó) is a 54-mile-long (87 km)[3] tributary of the San Juan River. It flows from a source in the South San Juan Wilderness of Conejos County, Colorado southwest past Chromo, Colorado. The river dips into New Mexico, passing just north of Dulce before heading northwest to a confluence with the San Juan in Archuleta County, Colorado.[4] A large portion of its water is diverted across the Continental Divide to the Rio Grande basin as part of the San Juan–Chama Project.[5]

Navajo River at outflow of Oso Diversion Dam
Navajo River just above US Highway 84 at Chromo

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navajo River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  2. ↑ Phone, Wilhelmina et al. Abáachi Mizaa Iłkeeʼ Siijai. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 2007.
  3. ↑ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved Feb 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ "October 31, 2012--Water 2012 visits Southwest Basin (Alamosa News) | The Water Information Program". www.waterinfo.org. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  5. ↑ "San Juan Chama Project". www.abcwua.org. Retrieved 2017-06-16.



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