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Navajo River[1]
Lóolahó (Jicarilla Apache)[2]Origin 37°15′12″N 106°38′43″W / 37.25333°N 106.64528°W Mouth Confluence with San Juan
37°01′26″N 107°09′31″W / 37.02389°N 107.15861°WCoordinates: 37°01′26″N 107°09′31″W / 37.02389°N 107.15861°WProgression San Juan—Colorado Mouth elevation 6,319 ft (1,926 m) 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.
References
- ^ "Navajo River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:184550. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ Phone, Wilhelmina et al. Abáachi Mizaa Iłkeeʼ Siijai. University of New Mexico Press. Albuquerque, NM: 2007.
- ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/. Retrieved Feb. 11, 2011.
See also
- List of rivers of Colorado
- List of rivers of New Mexico
- List of tributaries of the Colorado River
Categories:- Articles with Jicarilla Apache language external links
- Rivers of Colorado
- Rivers of New Mexico
- Tributaries of the Colorado River in New Mexico
- Geography of Conejos County, Colorado
- Geography of Archuleta County, Colorado
- Tributaries of the Colorado River in Colorado
- Landforms of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
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