Los Pinos River

Los Pinos River[1]
Physical characteristics
Main source Hinsdale County, Colorado
37°40′39″N 107°19′09″W / 37.67750°N 107.31917°W / 37.67750; -107.31917
River mouth Confluence with San Juan River
6,089 ft (1,856 m)
36°49′15″N 107°36′06″W / 36.82083°N 107.60167°W / 36.82083; -107.60167Coordinates: 36°49′15″N 107°36′06″W / 36.82083°N 107.60167°W / 36.82083; -107.60167
Basin features
Progression San Juan—Colorado

Los Pinos River is a tributary of the San Juan River in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States. The stream flows from a source near Weminuche Pass in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado to a confluence with the San Juan River at Navajo Lake in San Juan County, New Mexico.

The river is impounded by the Vallecito Dam.

The name Los Pinos is Spanish for "the pines,"[2] and, in fact, the river is known locally as the Pine River.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Los Pinos River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  2. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 190. ,
  3. ↑ Duranglers Flies and Supplies. Los Pinos River Viewed 2016-03-18.


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