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Yampa

American  
[yam-puh] / ˈjæm pə /

noun

  1. a river in NW Colorado, flowing W into the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. 250 miles (402 km) long.


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Mike and Danna Camblin run a small cattle operation near the Yampa River in northwest Colorado.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

Take the Boeddekers: Glenn says it was “devastating” for them to imagine power lines crossing the Yampa River at one of the prettiest spots on their ranch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2022

The city’s hospital, Yampa Valley Medical Center, is scrambling to find staff as the number of open positions grew from around 25 to 70 in the last few years, said hospital president Soniya Fidler.

From Seattle Times Aug. 23, 2022

One hundred miles southwest of Anschutz’s wind farm site, the sparkling Yampa River meanders through fields of sagebrush greener and more lush than anything we saw in Wyoming.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2022

I was entirely satisfied not to go with the Yampa party and I believe all the others left behind felt much the same.

From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

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