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Show Colorado River which California may divert and consumptively use under the limitations imposed upon such use by Section 4 (a) of Boulder Canyon Project Act and an act of the Legislature of California, approved March 4, 1929, entitled, "An Act to limit the use by California of the waters of the Colorado River, etc." Plaintiff accordingly alleges: I Geography of Colorado River The Colorado River rises in Colorado and flows in Colorado for a distance of 245 miles, thence in Utah for a distance of 285 miles, thence in Arizona for a distance of 292 miles, thence on the boundary between Arizona and Nevada for a distance of 145 miles, thence on the boundary between Arizona and California for a distance of 235 miles, thence on the boundary between Arizona and Mexico for a distance of 16 miles, thence in Mexico for a distance of 75 miles, and there enters the Gulf of California. Said river has a total length of 1,293 miles, of which 688 miles are in Arizona or on the boundary thereof. II Principal Tributaries The principal tributaries of the Colorado River are: Gunnison River, which rises in Colorado and flows in Colorado for a distance of 160 miles, and there enters the Colorado River; Green River, which rises in Wyoming and flows in Wy- |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde 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, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |