Gallery: They Don't Call Colorado the Mother of Rivers for Nothin', Folks
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The Gunnison River weaves through Black Canyon at Gunnison National Park in Colorado.
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A family takes a boat ride near Rainbow Bridge in Colorado's Grand Lake.
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Grand Lake serves as the headwaters for the Colorado River. It's also Colorado's largest natural lake.
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Visitors enjoy the overlook at Chatfield Reservoir and Dam in Littleton, Colorado. The reservoir was built as a flood-control measure after the South Platte River flooded in 1965. It's now a recreational spot and also supplies water to Denver.
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Denver residents cool off at Cherry Creek in Confluence Park.
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Sam Faus fishes at Chatfield Reservoir.
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Irrigated fields at Sakata Family Farms in Brighton, Colorado.
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Steve Griffith helps irrigate his father’s corn field in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
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Cows chow down at a ranch owned by Harold Griffith in Fort Morgan, Colorado.
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A 4H competitor washes her steer before judging at the Routt County Fair in Hayden, Colorado. Routt County is home to many farmers and ranchers.
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Horses graze near Jefferson, Colorado.
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A worker transports hay bales on the farm of Carl Trick in Cowdrey, Colorado.
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The Grand Valley Diversion Dam sits along the Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado. It helps irrigate the Grand Valley.
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Erosion has carved out an impressive peak in Grand Junction near the forks of the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers.
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