- Weber River
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map_caption = A map of the Weber River.The Weber River (pronEng|ˈwiːbər) is a "c". convert|125|mi|km|0 long
river of northernUtah , USA. It begins in the northwest of theUinta Mountains and empties into theGreat Salt Lake . The Weber River was named for American fur trapperJohn Henry Weber .Weber River
The Weber River rises in the northwest of the
Uinta Mountains , at the foot of peaks including Bald Mountain,Notch Mountain , andMount Watson . It passes by Oakley, and fills the reservoir ofRockport Lake , then turns north, receiving the flow of major tributariesSilver Creek and at Coalville,Chalk Creek . Coalville is also at the upper end ofEcho Reservoir ; Below the reservoir, the river passes Henefer, turns more westerly, and then passes Morgan, where it receivesEast Canyon Creek . Issuing out of the mountains at Uintah, it turns north again where it is joined by theOgden River west of Ogden. The combined stream meanders across mostly-flat land, entering mud flats near where it empties into theGreat Salt Lake , contributing about 25 percent of the total water entering the lake.Among the fish to be found in the river are
brook trout ,brown trout ,cutthroat trout ,rainbow trout (which is stocked), andmountain whitefish .The Weber has long been used for irrigation and is part of the
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation 's Weber basin project. Among the dams on the Weber areWanship Dam on Rockport Lake (completed 1957) andEcho Dam (completed 1931). The watershed totals about 2,500 sq mi.References
* William F. Sigler and John W. Sigler, "Fishes of Utah" (University of Utah Press, 1996), pp. 9-10
* [http://greatsaltlake.utah.edu/description/weberriver/ University of Utah description]
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