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Animas River
Tributary of the San Juan River in the US states of Colorado and New Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the river in Mexico, see Animas River (Mexico).
Animas River (On-e-mas; Spanish: Río de las Ánimas) is a 126-mile-long (203 km)[1] river in the western United States, a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System.
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Animas River | |
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![]() Animas River at Durango and Silverton railroad crossing just north of confluence with Lime Creek | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado, New Mexico |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Confluence of North Fork Animas River and West Fork Animas River 37°55′53″N 107°34′10″W |
• location | San Juan County, CO |
• coordinates | 37°55′53″N 107°34′10″W |
Mouth | Confluence with San Juan |
• location | San Juan County, NM |
• coordinates | 36°42′50″N 108°13′18″W |
• elevation | 5,239 ft (1,597 m) |
Length | 126 mi (203 km) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Cunningham Creek, Elk Creek, Needle Creek, Canyon Creek, Florida River |
• right | Mineral Creek, Mineral Creek, Lime Creek, Hermosa Creek, Junction Creek, Lightner Creek |
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The Animas-La Plata Water Project was completed in 2015. The project pumps water over a low pass to fill a reservoir, Lake Nighthorse, in Ridges Basin to satisfy Southern Ute tribal water rights claims associated with the Colorado Ute Settlement Act amendments of 2000.[2]