| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Colorado River |
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| River in the southwestern United States, with its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado, that flows generally southwest through Colorado, Utah, and Arizona; forms the border between Nevada and Arizona and Arizona and California; and then flows through Mexico, emptying into the Gulf of California. | 1 |
| ‡ Over millions of years, the force of the river has carved the Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona. | 2 |
| ‡ Source of fresh water for communities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. | 3 |
| ‡ The site of the Hoover Dam. | 4 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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