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Rivers
Canyon rivers of the American West — from flatwater meditation to committed whitewater. Flow data, section intelligence, and the information that changes how you plan.
Colorado River
The Colorado is the defining waterway of the American Southwest and the central corridor of Desert Maritime.
The river carved the Grand Canyon, built the Canyonlands, and divided the Colorado Plateau into the architecture of high desert civilization. For boaters, it is a system of systems: the technical pool-drop of Westwater Canyon; the 40 miles of consequential Class IV–V whitewater through Cataract Canyon; the 226 miles of ultimate wilderness in the Grand Canyon; the quiet flatwater of Moab Daily and Meander Canyon between them.
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Green River
The Green is the desert's other artery — five distinct canyon paragraphs from Lodore to the Confluence.
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Yampa River
The Yampa is the last large undammed tributary of the Colorado — a single committed canyon run with a brief snowmelt window.
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