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La Plata River (Navajo: Tsé Dogoi Ńlíní) is a 70-mile-long (110 km)[2] tributary to the San Juan River in La Plata County, Colorado, and San Juan County, New Mexico, in the United States. This small river heads at the western foot of Snow Storm Peak in the La Plata Mountains of southwestern Colorado, approximately 35 miles (56 km) north of the New Mexico state line. It flows in a southerly direction until it joins the San Juan at the western edge of the city of Farmington, New Mexico, about {[convert|19|mi|km}} south of the Colorado state line.

La Plata River[1]
The river as it passes under Colorado State Highway 140 near Breen
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates37°27′23″N 108°02′04″W
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with San Juan
 • coordinates
36°44′10″N 108°15′06″W
 • elevation
5,213 ft (1,589 m)
Basin features
ProgressionSan Juan—Colorado

The Navajo name for the river, Tsé Dogoi Nlini translates as "flowing over projecting rock".[3]

Aerial view of the La Plata crossing into New Mexico from Colorado, with La Plata, New Mexico, in left foreground. Mesa Verde is in the right background. Further, at about 40 miles, just left of center, is Colorado's Ute Mountain. Between the mesa and the sleeping Ute is Navajo Wash, extending to the left toward its confluence with the Mancos River. Even further, at about 100 miles (160 km), the Abajo Mountains, in Utah, are visible on the horizon.
Aerial view of the La Plata crossing into New Mexico from Colorado, with La Plata, New Mexico, in left foreground. Mesa Verde is in the right background. Further, at about 40 miles, just left of center, is Colorado's Ute Mountain. Between the mesa and the sleeping Ute is Navajo Wash, extending to the left toward its confluence with the Mancos River. Even further, at about 100 miles (160 km), the Abajo Mountains, in Utah, are visible on the horizon.

See also



References


  1. "La Plata River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  2. "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved Feb 11, 2011.
  3. Linford, Laurance D. (2000). Navajo Places - History, Legend Landscape. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press. ISBN 0-87480-624-0.


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- [en] La Plata River (San Juan River tributary)

[ru] Ла-Плата (река)

Ла-Плата (англ. La Plata River) — река в США, в юго-западной части штата Колорадо и северо-западной части штата Нью-Мексико. Правый приток реки Сан-Хуан, которая в свою очередь является притоком реки Колорадо. Длина составляет около 110 км.


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