the colorado river empties into the gulf between baja california and sonora.
the colorado river empties into the gulf between baja california and sonora.
where does the colorado river empty into the gulf?
between baja california and sonora
the colorado river is one of the principal rivers (along with the rio grande) in the southwestern united states and northern mexico. the river drains an expansive, arid watershed that encompasses parts of seven u.s. and two mexican states. starting in the central rocky mountains of colorado, the river flows generally southwest across the colorado plateau and through the grand canyon before reaching lake mead on the arizona–nevada border, where it turns south toward the international border. after entering mexico, the colorado approaches the mostly dry colorado river delta at the tip of the gulf of california between baja california and sonora.
colorado river
the lake is divided into several bodies. the large body closest to the hoover dam is boulder basin. the narrow channel, which was once known as boulder canyon and is now known as the narrows, connects boulder basin to virgin basin to the east. the virgin river and muddy river empty into the overton arm, which is connected to the northern part of the virgin basin. the next basin to the east is temple basin, and following that is gregg basin, which is connected to the temple basin by the virgin canyon. when the lake levels are high enough, a section of the lake farther upstream from the gregg basin is flooded, which includes grand wash bay, the pearce ferry bay and launch ramp, and about of the colorado river within the lower grand canyon, extending to the foot of 240 mile rapids (north of peach springs, arizona). in addition, two small basins, the muddy river inlet and the virgin river basin, are flooded when the lake is high enough where these two rivers flow into the lake. as of february 2015, these basins remain dry.
lake mead