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Show 322 Colorado River which originate in the State of New Mexico, join the Little Colorado River in Arizona. The Little Colorado River System drains a total of 26,930 square miles.15 The Virgin River rises in Utah, and flows through that state and the states of Arizona and Nevada, entering the Colorado River at Lake Mead. Important tributaries of the Virgin in Utah are the North Fork of the Virgin River, North Creek and the Santa Clara River. The principal tributary of the Virgin in Nevada was the Muddy River, which now flows directly into Lake Mead. Meadow Valley Wash is a Nevada tributary of the Muddy River. The Virgin River System drains 11,000 square miles.16 Kanab and Johnson Creeks rise in the eastern portion of the Lower Colorado River Basin in Utah, each having an individual drainage basin within Utah. Johnson Creek has its confluence with Kanab Creek in the State of Arizona. Kanab Creek flows into the Colorado River at Grand Canyon, midway between Lake Mead and the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers.11 The States of Nevada, New Mexico and Utah have asked for a decree confirming present uses and reserving water for future requirements on various interstate tributaries of the Colorado River flowing within their borders. Nevada asserts rights in the Virgin River System; New Mexico asserts rights in the Little Colorado and Gila Systems; and Utah asserts rights in the Virgin River System as well as in Kanab and Johnson Creeks. Arizona, the only other tributary state in the Lower Basin, does not ask that any of her rights in the tributaries be adjudicated in this case, other than the Gila. The United States claims "Ariz. Exs. 106, 1000, p. 11; N. M. Ex. 400. 16Ariz. Ex. 1000, p. 11; Nev. Ex. 1; Utah Ex. 1. "Tr. 17814 (Bingham); Ariz. Ex. 77, p. 60; Utah Ex. 1. |
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Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California |