The Colorado River Storage Project is a United States Bureau of Reclamation project designed to oversee the development of the upper basin of the Colorado River. The project provides hydroelectric pow
Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell near Page, Arizona. The dam and lake are major components in the Colorado River Storage Project's attempt to regulate the flow of the Colorado River.
Lee's Ferry, Arizona, is the dividing point between the upper and lower Colorado River basins.
Glen Canyon Dam, with Lake Powell in the background
Flaming Gorge Dam is a concrete thin-arch dam on the Green River, a major tributary of the Colorado River, in northern Utah in the United States. Flaming Gorge Dam forms the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, w
Colorado River Storage Project
…Lake Mead and Lake Powell, carrying the majority of the traffic between northern Arizona and southern Utah. The Flaming Gorge Unit consists of the Flaming Gorge Dam and the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, and the dam's powerplant. The dam impounds the Green River near Dutch John, Utah. Portions of the reservoir spill over…
Flaming Gorge Damsite June 30, 1960
Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming
An aerial view of the Flaming Gorge Dam, by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.