Little Colorado

American  

noun

1. a river flowing NW from E Arizona to the E edge of the Grand Canyon, where it flows into the Colorado River. 315 miles (507 km) long.

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Example Sentences

The town was settled by Kerri’s Mormon ancestors, Polly Ann and William Lewis Penrod, who’d been called by Brigham Young to uproot their nine children from Utah and, with hundreds of others, colonize the Little Colorado River Valley — an area that stretches south and east through the White Mountains toward the New Mexico border.

From Los Angeles Times

Under the finalized agreement, the Navajo will receive “a substantial amount of the Colorado River Upper Basin water, some Lower Basin water, all groundwater underlying the Navajo Nation, all surface water that reaches the Navajo Nation from the Little Colorado River, and all wash water that reaches the Nation south of the Hopi reservation,” according to the Navajo Nation Council.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, the tribes are seeking water from a mix of sources: the Colorado River, the Little Colorado River, plus aquifers and washes on tribal lands in northeastern Arizona.

From Seattle Times

The tribes are seeking water from a mix of sources: the Colorado River, the Little Colorado River, aquifers and washes on tribal lands in northeastern Arizona.

From Seattle Times

Navajo additionally would have the right to draw 40,780 acre-feet from the Little Colorado River — about one-third of what’s estimated to reach the reservation annually.

From Seattle Times