Talk:Colorado River

Etymology missing

Hello, shouldn't we add just a short sentence about the river's name? That it means "coloured" in Spanish? Any objections? Johnnyjanko (talk) 06:45, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

Johnnyjanko I don't have any objections to it, provided you can find RS for that. Mgasparin (talk) 21:20, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

kolo cirkle, rado glad in slavic language 92.101.186.43 (talk) 06:02, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Discharge

"In its natural state, the Colorado River poured about 16.3 million acre-feet (20.1 km3) into the Gulf of California each year, equaling an average discharge of 22,500 cubic feet per second (640 m3/s)."

This is misleading. Review of the thesis reveals (p. 114) that the 16.3 MaF figure was in reference to the total outflows of the current basin system, not the the yield of the Colorado River in its natural state. Spaetzlemuncher (talk) 22:45, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Name Contradiction

The "Renaming of the upper Colorado River" section contradicts this photo caption (and the caption seems to be false).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River#/media/File:Horseshoebend_smt.jpg The Colorado was named for the reddish color caused by its natural sediment loads, but damming the river has caused it to acquire a clear green hue as seen here in lower Glen Canyon.

The river was originally named the Grand River until the Renaming Event in the (already named) state of Colorado, which isn't named after the river. (Observationally, the upper river in the Colorado Rockies isn't actually loaded with red sediment either. ) 216.160.167.154 (talk) 21:46, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Intro - river source

Article states: “Starting in the Wind River Range and the Wyoming Range in Wyoming” Later the actual source is listed in Rocky Mountain National Park near LaPoudre Pass, which is correct. The Green River starts in Wyoming and is a tributary of the Colorado River ~2026-22802-50 (talk) 17:41, 13 April 2026 (UTC)