Blue River (Colorado)

Blue River (Colorado)
256px The Blue River near Kremmling, Colorado.
Country	United States
State	Colorado
Tributaries
- right	Snake River
Source	Tenmile Range
- location	Near Blue River, Summit County
- elevation	12,800 ft (3,901 m)
- coordinates
Mouth	Colorado River
- location	Kremmling, Grand County
- elevation	7,342 ft (2,238 m)
- coordinates
Length	65 mi (105 km)
Basin	680 sq mi (1,761 km2)
Discharge	for 0.3 mi (0.48 km) below Green Mountain Dam
- average	447 cu ft/s (13 m3/s)
- max	4,040 cu ft/s (114 m3/s)
- min	0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
The Blue River, a tributary of the Colorado, is shown highlighted on a map of the western United States The Blue River, a tributary of the Colorado, is shown highlighted on a map of the western United States

The Blue River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 65 miles (105 km) long, in the U.S. state of Colorado.

It rises in southern Summit County, on the western side of the continental divide in the Ten Mile Range, near Quandary Peak. It flows north past Blue River and Breckenridge, then through the Dillon Reservoir near Dillon. North of Dillon it flows NNW along the eastern slope of the Gore Range and joins the Colorado at Kremmling.

The Green Mountain Dam, 13 miles (21 km) upstream from Kremmling, forms the Green Mountain Reservoir, providing hydroelectric power and diversionary water for irrigation, as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. The dam is a project of the United States Bureau of Reclamation.

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado
• List of tributaries of the Colorado River

External links

• Town of Blue River