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San Luis Creek (Colorado)

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River
San Luis Creek
Former ingress of San Luis Creek in to San Luis Lake
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates38°26′55″N 106°01′42″W / 38.44861°N 106.02833°W / 38.44861; -106.02833
Mouth 
 • locationSan Luis Lake
 • coordinates37°40′16″N 105°43′59″W / 37.67111°N 105.73306°W / 37.67111; -105.73306
 • elevation7,526 ft (2,294 m)
Basin size2,703 sq mi (7,000 km)

San Luis Creek is a 76-mile-long (122 km) stream that flows from a source near Poncha Pass in Saguache County, Colorado to San Luis Lake adjacent to Great Sand Dunes National Park. San Luis Lake is the sink of the San Luis Closed Basin, the largest endorheic basin in Colorado.

See also

References

  1. "San Luis Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 31, 2011



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