Conejos River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
County | Conejos |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | San Juan Mountains |
• coordinates | 37°16′34″N 106°37′27″W / 37.27611°N 106.62417°W[1] |
Mouth | Rio Grande |
• location | San Luis Valley |
• coordinates | 37°18′14″N 105°44′9″W / 37.30389°N 105.73583°W[1] |
Length | 92.5 mi (148.9 km) |
Basin size | 887 sq mi (2,300 km2)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | USGS gage 08249000 1 mile above mouth[2] |
• average | 176 cu ft/s (5.0 m3/s)[2] |
• minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 3,820 cu ft/s (108 m3/s) |
The Conejos River is a tributary of the Rio Grande, approximately 92.5 miles (148.9 km) long,[3] in south-central Colorado in the United States. It drains a scenic area of the eastern San Juan Mountains west of the San Luis Valley.