Cimarron_River_(Gunnison_River)

Cimarron River (Gunnison River tributary)

Cimarron River (Gunnison River tributary)

River in Colorado, United States

For other places with the same name, see Cimarron River.

The Cimarron River is a 22.0-mile-long (35.4 km)[2] tributary that joins the Gunnison River in Curecanti National Recreation Area near Cimarron, Colorado. The river's source is the confluence of two forks near Silver Jack Reservoir in the Uncompahgre National Forest.

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The Cimarron is fed by the West, Middle, and East forks of the river, respectively.


A Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge trestle is located near the confluence of the Cimarron and the Gunnison.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Cimarron River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 18, 2011



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