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	Colorado - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		In Colorado the lands west of the divide are referred to as the Western Slope, while those to the east are often called the Eastern Slope.
		Principal tributaries of the Colorado River that rise in Colorado are the Gunnison, Dolores, and San Juan rivers.
		East of the divide the chief rivers are the South Platte River, a tributary of the Missouri, and the Arkansas River, a tributary of the Mississippi.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761557361___36/Colorado.html (2524 words)

	Colorado Encyclopedia Article @ Pursued.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The northwestern corner of Colorado bordering Northern Utah and Western Wyoming is mostly sparsely populated rangeland.
		A main climatic division in Colorado occurs where the Rocky Mountains begin with the Front Range cities and the plains to the east, the Mountains and valleys to the west, and the foothills as a transitional zone in between the two.
		As of 2005, Colorado has an estimated population of 4,665,177, which is an increase of 63,356, or 1.4%, from the prior year and an increase of 363,162, or 8.4%, since the year 2000.
	www.pursued.org /encyclopedia/Colorado (2867 words)

	Colorado state (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Colorado was admitted to statehood on August 1, 1876, during the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and today its official nickname is the Centennial State.
		In the Colorado-Big Thompson and Fryingpan-Arkansas projects, water from the headwaters of the Colorado River, west of the divide, is transported by tunnel to the Eastern Slope.
		Colorado became the 38th state to join the Union on August 1, 1876, and John L. Routt, the last territorial governor, was elected the first governor of the state of Colorado.
	www.theusaonline.com /states/colorado.htm (10773 words)

	Colorado Springs, Colorado - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Colorado Springs was founded in August 1871 by General William Palmer, with the intention of creating a high quality resort community, and was soon nicknamed "Little London" because of the many English tourists who came.
		Colorado City was the county seat of El Paso County until 1873, when the courthouse moved to Colorado Springs.
		Colorado Springs is served by the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado (4712 words)

	Colorado Piedmont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Colorado Piedmont is the geologic term for an area along the base of the foothills of the Front Range in north central Colorado in the United States.
		At approximately Mile 293 northeast of Wellington, Colorado, near the Larimer-Weld county line, the road drops noticeable from the Upper Cretaceous sandstone of the Plains to the lower shale of the Piedmont.
		In the 19th century, Piedmont region was inhabited primarily by the Southern Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_Piedmont (575 words)

	Resortswithall Colorado Lodging Guide - Resorts by City in Colorado
		Colorado was admitted to the Union on Aug. 1, 1876, as the 38th state.
		Colorado's history is written in the names of its cities, towns, mountain ranges, and passes.
		Colorado's natural landscape ranges from the flat, grass-covered High Plains of the Great Plains, through the rolling, hilly Colorado Piedmont paralleling the Rocky Mountain front, to the high and numerous mountain ranges and plateaus that make up the southern Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau.
	www.resortswithall.com /colorado (1454 words)

	Dakota--FY92--Regional Setting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It traverses portions of Baca and Prowers counties in Colorado and Hamilton, Kearny, Wichita, Scott, Gove, Trego, Ellis, Russell, and Lincoln counties in Kansas.
		The regional land-surface slope ranges from 26.7 ft/mi (5.06 m/km) in southeastern Colorado to 10.6 ft/mi (2.01 m/km) in western Kansas to 6.7 ft/mi (1.3 m/km) in central Kansas in the vertical profile.
		In the Arkansas River valley in southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and in the Saline River valley in central Kansas the local relief commonly exceeds 200 ft/mi (37.9 m/km).
	www.kgs.ku.edu /Dakota/vol3/fy92/rep07.htm (516 words)

	Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse, Threatened, WAIS Document Retrieval, re-served by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		(1997), Hafner (1998), Tanya Shenk (Colorado Division of Wildlife, in litt.
		The petitioner submitted information that Preble's populations in Colorado and Wyoming are imperiled by: ongoing and increasing urban, industrial, agricultural, ranching, and recreational development; ongoing and increasing wetland/riparian habitat destruction and/or modification; small size of known populations; and inadequacy or lack of governmental protection for the species and its habitats.
		The Colorado Piedmont east of the Front Range and adjacent areas of southeastern Wyoming have changed from predominantly prairie habitat intermixed with perennial and intermittent streams and associated riparian habitats, to a more agricultural and urban setting with grazing, residential, commercial, industrial, and recreational development.
	www.fws.gov /endangered/r/fr98636.html (12871 words)

	ArcNews Spring 2004 Issue -- The Colorado Geological Survey Maps Development With GIS
		Colorado, one of the fastest-growing states in the United States, faces many development-related challenges.
		Most of the state's growth is occurring along the Colorado Front Range, an area from the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains to the Colorado Piedmont-the short grass prairies of the high plains.
		Landslides, natural occurrences common throughout Colorado, are defined by USGS as "the downward and outward movement of slopes composed of natural rock, soils, artificial fills, or combinations thereof." According to USGS, landslides in the United States are estimated to cause property damage in excess of $1 billion per year.
	www.esri.com /news/arcnews/spring04articles/the-colorado.html (2039 words)

	The GEOLOGIC STORY of the GREAT PLAINS
		The Colorado Piedmont lies at the eastern foot of the Rockies, (fig.
		As in the Colorado Plateau, windblown sand and silt mantle the landscape in many places, but the greatest accumulations are along the base of the Mescalero escarpment at the northeast and southeast corners of the Pecos Valley section.
		The Missouri Plateau, the Colorado Piedmont, the Pecos Valley, and the Edwards Plateau all were outlined by streams that flowed from the mountains.
	www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu /govdocs/text/greatplains/text.html (10134 words)

	Colorado Springs, Colorado - www.1-coloradosprings.com
		Colorado Springs is a mid-sized city located just east of the geographic center of the U.S. state of Colorado.
		Colorado Spring's military presence was further increased in 1983 with the founding of Schriever Air Force Base, a base primarily tasked with missile defense.
		Colorado Springs is served by the Colorado Springs Airport.
	www.1-coloradosprings.com (3811 words)

	colorado
		Colorado's 40 State Parks are a vital cornerstone in Colorado's economy and quality of life, offering some of the highest quality outdoor recreation destinations in the state.
		Colorado State Parks offers a variety of landscape to match the state's geography, from urban playgrounds to backcountry retreats, from mountain lakes to whitewater adventure.
		Universiteit in Boulder - University of Colorado at Boulder
	www.reiswijs.nl /landeninfo/noordamerika/vs/colorado/colorado.html (3020 words)

	Grasslands: Where to go in El Paso County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Colorado Springs and the other large Front Range cities are located in what geologists call the Colorado Piedmont.
		The piedmont is also an area that receives more rainfall than the plains due east.
		Colorado Springs State Wildlife Area: Take exit 123 and go west according to the signs to the parking area.
	www.rmc.sierraclub.org /ppg/Archive/co99-07.htm (1027 words)

	Automated IFSAR Terrain Analysis System - Leighty and Assoc., Inc.
		In the central part of the Great Plains, i.e., in Colorado and Kansas the terrain in the area near the boundary of these states is phenomenally flat.
		Shale is the most abundant rock in the Colorado Piedmont and on its surface the topography is broadly rolling.
		Lowland along the Colorado - For 100 miles the Colorado River flows through a broad rolling prairie overlooked from the north by the scattered mesas of the Callahan Divided and from the south by the ragged escarpment of the Edwards Plateau.
	www.tec.army.mil /publications/ifsar/lafinal08_01/five/5.1.3.htm (8536 words)

	Worlds Finest Natural Highway - The South Platte Road from Julesberg to Georgetown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From Julesburg in extreme northeastern Colorado to Golden and Georgetown, two of the early mining communities, the South Platte route was used by individual gold seekers, families and freighters.
		The byway crosses the Colorado Piedmont and an area dominated by the Pawnee Buttes.
		Although portions of the region were once homesteaded, lack of development during the Dust Bowl era soon demonstrated that this prairie land should remain in native grasses and not be turned by the plow.
	www.twmag.com /renegade-roads/rroads-08-05.htm (1895 words)

	Regional Hydraulic Geometry Curves \| NRCS NWMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		USGS- Development of regional curves of bankfull-channel geometry and discharge for streams in the non-urban, Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Maryland
		USFWS- Bankfull discharge characteristics of streams in the Piedmont Hydrologic Region
		USGS - Regional curve development and selection of a reference reach in the non-urban, lowland sections of the Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Maryland
	wmc.ar.nrcs.usda.gov /technical/HHSWR/Geomorphic/index.html (523 words)

	INSTAAR Noon Seminar - Powerpoint Presentations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		"The University of Colorado is an emerging power in surface processes research.
		10 Nov. Steve Schmidt, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder.
		" Late Cenozoic tectonic uplift, erosion and isostasy on the Colorado Piedmont.
	instaar.colorado.edu /other/seminar_mon_presentations (617 words)

	USGS Professional Paper 1705: Stratigraphy, Lithology, and Sedimentary Features of Quaternary Alluvial Deposits of the ...
		Description and origin of Quaternary alluvial gravel in a piedmont landscape
		The South Platte and Arkansas Rivers have shaped much of the Colorado Piedmont landscape during late Tertiary and Quaternary time.
		North and east of Denver, the South Platte and its tributaries excavated valleys in the soft sedimentary rocks of the Denver Basin and, during brief pauses in excavation, allowed thin deposits of alluvium and eolian sediment to accumulate.
	pubs.usgs.gov /pp/2005/1705 (558 words)

	Central Great Plains
		Nebraska (34%), Kansas (29%), Colorado (13%), South Dakota (8%), Wyoming (8%), Missouri (5%), Oklahoma (3%)
		Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges click on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Central Great Plains.
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	www.peakbagger.com /range.aspx?rid=1513 (110 words)

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