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Show ( 170 1770 ) foot , SS of ( which iviiiell ) ( are tire ) infto ( falls jAlls ) ; ( the Ule ) postage around both falls is ( less jess ) than ( one olle ) ( mile 111ile ) ( See ( Unitod Uvitod ) ( States' States ) % Economy Light ( cO & ) ( Power Poivar ) Co . , , 256 U . S . . 113 ) ( Record 3035 , 3040 ) . In the case now before the court , both expert and ( lay IaY ) witnesses testified as to the physical ( char cliar ) . ! ( acteristics lacteristies ) of the rivers in question , and , in the light of the ( principles rinciples ) of law set out in the above ( cases casies ) , we proceed to a ( discussion discussio ) of ( the t1le ) ( evidence evidelice ) . Brief description of Colorado , Green , and San Juan Rivers Colorado River . ( -Colorado Colorado ) ( Eiver River ) ( has bas ) its ( source swirce ) among the ( high higli ) peaks of the ( Eocky Rocky ) Mountains in north central Colorado and ( flows floivs ) generally ( soiith- soiith ) west across western Colorado , southeastern Utah , north ( and aiid ) ( northwestern nortliwestern ) Arizona and southward as , , the ( boundary bonadary ) between Arizonay Nevada , and ( Cali- Cali ) fornia , into Mexico where it enters the ( Gulf Giff ) of ( Cali- Cali ) fornia , a short distance below the ( international inteTnatiolial ) boundary . With Green River , it ( drains drahis ) 244,000 square ( miles iniles ) , of which 44,000 square ( miles miIes ) are in Utah ( and aild ) the remainder is located in six ( other otlier ) States . Physiographically , the Colorado ( River Rivei ) from ( its ita ) source to the ( lower loiver ) end of Black Canyon ( between Arizona and Nevada ) flows in a canyon . That portion in Colorado is in a ( mountain moulitahi ) valley of varying width , and that portion in Utah and below is in a ( caii3ron canyon ) formed by ( erosion crosioll ) in the Colorado River plateau , a ( region recrion ) of ( flat-lying flatlying ) or tilted rocks cut by canyons and surmounted by mesas ( and aiid ) |