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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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The reservation is bordered by the Colorado, the Little Colorado and the San Juan rivers.

From Washington Times Jun. 22, 2023

It also has sought water from a tributary, the Little Colorado River, another major legal dispute that’s playing out separately.

From Seattle Times Mar. 17, 2023

Gibson, who is also medical director for Little Colorado Behavioral Health Centers in Arizona, said one key question for policymakers as they look ahead is not whether telehealth is better than face-to-face.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2023

The decertification of the Winslow levee that runs several miles alongside the Little Colorado River forced some residents to buy flood insurance.

From Seattle Times Feb. 19, 2022

The ruins on the Little Colorado, near Winslow, Arizona, will be considered in a monograph to follow the present, which will be a report on the field work in 1896.

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

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