Upper Basin

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The Upper Basin is the portion of the Colorado River Basin encompassing the river’s headwaters and upstream states that are allocated a collective share of the river’s water under U.S. interstate agreements.

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Label Occurrences
Upper Basin canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf portion of Colorado River Basin
region
administeredBy Upper Colorado River Commission
allocatedCollectiveWaterShareUnder Colorado River Compact of 1922
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948
borderedByState Arizona
containsMajorReservoir Blue Mesa Reservoir
Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Navajo Reservoir
definedByAgreement Colorado River Compact of 1922
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948
facesIssue climate change impacts
drought
water scarcity
governedBy Law of the River
hasClimateCharacteristic semi-arid
snowmelt-driven hydrology
hasHeadwatersOf Colorado River
hasLegalConcept collective apportionment of Colorado River water
hasMajorTributary Dolores River
Green River
Gunnison River
San Juan River
Yampa River
hasObligationToDeliverWaterTo Lower Basin
includesState Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
locatedInCountry United States
locatedInRegion American West
linked to: Old West

Colorado Plateau
Rocky Mountains
partOf Colorado River Basin
primarySourceOfFlowFor Colorado River mainstem
sharesRiverWith Lower Basin
subjectTo federal reclamation law
interstate water compacts
supportsSector environmental flows
irrigated agriculture
municipal water supply
recreation
upstreamOf Lake Powell
waterRightsSystem prior appropriation doctrine
waterUseDominatedBy agriculture
waterUseIncludes hydropower generation
industrial use
municipal supply

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