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Yampa

American  
[yam-puh] / ˈyæm 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

Our Cross Mountain tour guide, Erik Glenn, drives us to a high point overlooking the Yampa.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022

About 1,200 people signaled interest in 90 apartments in a new subsidized housing development, said Alyssa Cartmill, regional property manager for the Yampa Valley Housing Authority.

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

We were at the mouth of Yampa River.

From The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel