Huerfano River is a 113-mile-long (182 km) tributary of the Arkansas River in Pueblo and Huerfano counties in Colorado, United States.[3][4]
| Huerfano River[1] | |
|---|---|
 The river just before it goes under U.S. Highway 50 in Pueblo County. | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 37°35′50″N 105°29′40″W / 37.59722°N 105.49444°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with Arkansas |
• coordinates | 38°13′43″N 104°14′45″W / 38.22861°N 104.24583°W |
• elevation | 4,442 ft (1,354 m) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Boone, Colorado |
| • average | 31 cu/ft. per sec.[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Arkansas—Mississippi |
Description
editThe river flows from a source on Blanca Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado. It joins the Arkansas in Pueblo County just south of the town of Boone. One major tributary is the Cucharas River.
The Huerfano River was named after the nearby Huerfano Butte.[5] Huerfano is derived from a Spanish name meaning "orphan", so named from the butte's remote location.[6]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Huerfano River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
- ^ "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 07116500 HUERFANO RIVER NEAR BOONE, CO".
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Herfano River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 31, 2011
- ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 27.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 162.
External links
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