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Colorado Geographic Resources

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Colorado Geology in the News

Roadside Geology Guides: Since 1972 the “Roadside Geology” series has provided...

Horizontal Wells are Costly: An article in the Denver Post discusses horizontal...

Another Attempt at Oil Shale: American Shale Oil (a Total S.A. joint venture...

65% of US Natural Gas from Five States: The leading states for natural gas production during...

The Rio Grande Rift: “The river's course through southern Colorado and New...

Oil Shale: The Next Fossil Energy Boom?: The current fossil energy boom in the United...

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Colorado River Levels

USGS has a clickable map of Colorado rivers and streams that gives you access to real-time river levels throughout Colorado. River stage, discharge and other information can be accessed online. Or view a lake and river map of Colorado.

Colorado Geography Statistics

Area of Colorado: 103,718 sq. miles

Colorado Population: 4550688

Highest Point in Colorado
Mt. Elbert at 14,433 feet feet

Lowest Point in Colorado
Arikaree River at 3,315 feet

There are 64 counties in Colorado

Colorado Earthquakes

The National Earthquake Information Center maintains an Colorado earthquake map and an archive of Colorado earthquake information.

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Colorado Geological Survey

Researches, archives and publishes information related to the geology, mineral resources and geologic hazards of Colorado.

Colorado Geological Survey

Geology Articles and Information

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