Yampa

[ yam-puh ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

I wanted to bring my family onto the Yampa, because it’s free-flowing.

From Washington Post

On this trip, we’re voyaging through time as we travel west through the Yampa’s magnificent sandstone canyons.

From Washington Post

Plateaus and mesas and canyons and buttes characterize the region north of White River and stretch out to the Yampa.

From Project Gutenberg

Throughout all of this region drained by the Grand, White, and Yampa rivers, there are many beautiful parks.

From Project Gutenberg

There are three river entrances to this park: one down the Yampa; one below, by coming up the Green; and another down the Green.

From Project Gutenberg

The canyon in this part of the course of the Yampa is cut through light gray sandstone.

From Project Gutenberg

But Yampa had the charm of being old and forgotten, and for that reason I would like to live there a while.

From Project Gutenberg