- Alamosa River
The Alamosa River is a
river in the southern part of the American state ofColorado . It is about fifty-three miles long, flowing roughly east through theSan Luis Valley . Its watershed comprises about 148square mile s.The river's name means "shaded with
elm s" in Spanish, though the actual trees werecottonwood s.cite book|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|year=1905|pages=19|author=Gannett, Henry|url=http://books.google.com/books/pdf/The_Origin_of_Certain_Place_Names_in_the.pdf?id=BqwPAAAAIAAJ&output=pdf&sig=3IVIg6u-evPGlrv4j1uDL7rQ09c]The river gained a dubious claim to fame when much was rendered devoid of
life by the Summitville mine disaster, the worstcyanide spill inUnited States History .ee also
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List of rivers in Colorado References
External links
* [http://www.epa.gov/Region8/community_resources/steward/fact/ala.html epa.gov site]
* [http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/nrda/SummitvilleColo/Summitville.htm fws.gov site]
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