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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Predicate Object
instanceOf portion of Colorado River Basin
region
administeredBy Upper Colorado River Commission NERFINISHED
allocatedCollectiveWaterShareUnder Colorado River Compact of 1922 NERFINISHED
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 NERFINISHED
borderedByState Arizona NERFINISHED
containsMajorReservoir Blue Mesa Reservoir NERFINISHED
Flaming Gorge Reservoir NERFINISHED
Navajo Reservoir NERFINISHED
definedByAgreement Colorado River Compact of 1922 NERFINISHED
Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 NERFINISHED
facesIssue climate change impacts
drought
water scarcity
governedBy Law of the River NERFINISHED
hasClimateCharacteristic semi-arid
snowmelt-driven hydrology
hasHeadwatersOf Colorado River NERFINISHED
hasLegalConcept collective apportionment of Colorado River water
hasMajorTributary Dolores River NERFINISHED
Green River NERFINISHED
Gunnison River NERFINISHED
San Juan River NERFINISHED
Yampa River NERFINISHED
hasObligationToDeliverWaterTo Lower Basin
includesState Colorado NERFINISHED
New Mexico NERFINISHED
Utah NERFINISHED
Wyoming NERFINISHED
locatedInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInRegion American West NERFINISHED
Colorado Plateau NERFINISHED
Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED
partOf Colorado River Basin NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
waterRightsSystem prior appropriation doctrine
waterUseDominatedBy agriculture
waterUseIncludes hydropower generation
industrial use
municipal supply

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