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Place Name
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Blue River
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Place Status (Type)
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river
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Location
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Colorado, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Blue River
, c.75 mi/121 km long, N central
Colo.; rises at Continental Divide, in Park Range near Quandary Peak;
flows N past Breckenridge and Frisco, through Dillon Reservoir, then
NNW past Silverthorne, past Gore Range (W), through Green Mountain
Reservoir to Colo. R. at Kremmling. Green Mountain Dam
(309 ft/94 m high,
1,060 ft/323 m long; completed 1943 as unit in
Colorado-Big Thompson project) is 13 mi/21 km
SSE of Kremmling. Green Mountain Reservoir
4 mi/6.4 km long,
1 mi/1.6 km wide at dam, formed by dam, has
capacity of 154,645 acres/62,585 ha; stores water for
generation of power and irrigation.
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