Gunnison River

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The Gunnison River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in western Colorado, known for carving the dramatic Black Canyon and supporting recreation, irrigation, and hydropower in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
tributary ⓘ
basin Colorado River Basin ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
confluenceLocation near Gunnison, Colorado ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
erosionalFeature Black Canyon of the Gunnison ⓘ
flowsThrough Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park ⓘ
Curecanti National Recreation Area ⓘ
Delta County, Colorado ⓘ
Gunnison County, Colorado ⓘ
Mesa County, Colorado ⓘ
Montrose County, Colorado ⓘ
formedByConfluenceOf East River ⓘ
Taylor River ⓘ
geologicalSignificance deep canyon incision into Precambrian rocks ⓘ
hasDam Blue Mesa Dam ⓘ
Crystal Dam ⓘ
Morrow Point Dam ⓘ
hasLeftTributary Lake Fork Gunnison River ⓘ
North Fork Gunnison River ⓘ
Smith Fork ⓘ
hasRightTributary Tomichi Creek ⓘ
Uncompahgre River ⓘ
impounds Blue Mesa Reservoir ⓘ
Crystal Reservoir ⓘ
Morrow Point Reservoir ⓘ
knownFor Black Canyon of the Gunnison ⓘ
length approximately 180 miles ⓘ
approximately 290 km ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
western Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Colorado
managementAgency National Park Service ⓘ
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
mouth Colorado River ⓘ
mouthLocation Grand Junction, Colorado ⓘ
namedAfter John W. Gunnison ⓘ
partOf Upper Colorado River system ⓘ
recreationActivity fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ
region Colorado Plateau margin ⓘ
sourceRegion Rocky Mountains ⓘ
central Colorado ⓘ
supports agricultural irrigation in western Colorado ⓘ
tributaryOf Colorado River ⓘ
usedFor hydropower ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ

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Gunnison County, Colorado → traversedBy → Gunnison River ⓘ
Black Canyon → locatedOnRiver → Colorado River ⓘ
linked to: Gunnison River
San Juan Mountains → drainage → Gunnison River ⓘ
Sawatch Range → borderedBy → Gunnison River ⓘ
Western Colorado → contains → Gunnison River ⓘ
Grand Mesa → drainage → Gunnison River basin ⓘ
linked to: Gunnison River
Blue Mesa Dam → locatedOnRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
Blue Mesa Dam → watercourseDam → Gunnison River ⓘ
Blue Mesa Dam → impounds → Gunnison River ⓘ
John W. Gunnison → hasNamesake → Gunnison River ⓘ
Blue Mesa Reservoir → locatedOnRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
Blue Mesa Reservoir → watercourse → Gunnison River ⓘ
Blue Mesa Reservoir → inflow → Gunnison River ⓘ
Blue Mesa Reservoir → outflow → Gunnison River ⓘ
Taylor Park Reservoir → watercourse → Gunnison River basin ⓘ
linked to: Gunnison River
Gunnison, Colorado → traversedByRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
Delta County, Colorado → contains → Gunnison River ⓘ
Montrose County, Colorado → hasRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
West Elk Mountains → drainage → Gunnison River basin ⓘ
linked to: Gunnison River
Taylor River → mouth → Gunnison River ⓘ
Taylor River → partOf → Gunnison River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Gunnison River
East River → mouthRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
East River → forms → Gunnison River ⓘ
East River → riverSystem → Gunnison River ⓘ
East River → tributaryOf → Gunnison River ⓘ
Colorado River Basin → hasTributary → Gunnison River ⓘ
Collegiate Peaks → drainageTo → Gunnison River ⓘ
Uncompahgre Plateau → boundedBy → Gunnison River ⓘ
Gunnison → hasNearbyRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
Montrose, Colorado, United States → near → Gunnison River ⓘ
Colorado wine country → primaryRiverValleys → Gunnison River valley ⓘ
linked to: Gunnison River
Gunnison Basin → drainedBy → Gunnison River ⓘ
Crystal Dam → locatedOnRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
Crystal Dam → watercourseDammed → Gunnison River ⓘ
Curecanti Unit → locatedOnRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
Uncompahgre River → tributaryOf → Gunnison River ⓘ
Uncompahgre River → partOf → Gunnison River system ⓘ
linked to: Gunnison River
Uncompahgre River → flowsInto → Gunnison River near Delta, Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Gunnison River
Gunnison Valley → traversedBy → Gunnison River ⓘ
Morrow Point Dam → locatedOnRiver → Gunnison River ⓘ
Morrow Point Dam → watercourseDam → Gunnison River ⓘ
Pine Creek Trail → near → Gunnison River ⓘ
Pine Creek Trail → offersViewOf → Gunnison River ⓘ