Lake Powell lies along the Colorado River.
 After passing through De Beque Canyon, the Colorado emerges from the Rockies into the Grand Valley, a major farming and ranching region where it meets one of its largest tributaries, the Gunnison River, at Grand Junction
== Recreation ==Famed for its dramatic rapids and canyons, the Colorado is one of the most desirable whitewater rivers in the United States, and its Grand Canyon sectionrun by more than 22,000 people annuallyhas been called the "granddaddy of rafting trips"

