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Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western, Southwestern, Midwestern, and Central regions of the United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the state population was 4,753,377 in 2006, a 10.49% increase since U.S. Census 2000. Denver is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado. Citizens of Colorado are known as Coloradans.
The State of Colorado is defined as the geospherical rectangle that stretches from 37°N to 41°N latitude and from 102°03’W to 109°03’W longitude (25°W to 32°W from the Washington Meridian). Colorado is one of only three U.S. states (with Wyoming and Utah) that have only lines of latitude and longitude for boundaries.
The summit of Mount Elbert at 4401 meters (14,440 feet) elevation in Lake County is the state’s highest point and the highest point in the entire Rocky Mountains. Colorado has approximately 550 mountain peaks that exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation. Colorado is the only U.S. state that lies entirely above 1000 meters (3281 feet) elevation. The state’s lowest elevation is 1010 meters (3315 feet) at the point on the eastern boundary of Yuma County where the Arikaree River flows into the State of Kansas.
East of the Southern Rocky Mountains are the Colorado Eastern Plains of the High Plains, the section of the Great Plains within Colorado at elevations ranging from 3315 to 6562 feet (1010 to 2000 meters). The states of Kansas and Nebraska border Colorado to the east. The plains are sparsely settled with most population along the South Platte and the Arkansas rivers. Rainfall is meager, averaging from 12 to 18 inches (300 to 450 millimeters) annually. There is some irrigated farming, but much of the land is used for dryland farming or ranching. Winter wheat is a typical crop and most small towns in the region boast both a water tower and a grain elevator.
The bulk of Colorado’s population lives along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in the Front Range Urban Corridor. This region is partially protected from prevailing storms by the high mountains to the west.
To the west lies the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains with notable peaks such as Longs Peak, Mount Evans, Pikes Peak, and the Spanish Peaks near Walsenburg in the south. This area drains to the east, is forested, and partially urbanized.

 

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Local News from Colorado Springs Gazette via Yahoo! News

NONPROFITS AROUND TOWN: Pasta in the Park; Dance Theatre Wine Fest

Sep 3, 2010 5:38 pm

TESSAs 18th annual Pasta in the Park maintained a winning tradition, enticing 500 guests to spend a sunny, summer evening outdoors at Myron Stratton Complex on Aug. 21. Hungry pasta samplers raised an...

 

NOREEN: Whopping 2010 ballot has familiar ring

Sep 3, 2010 3:23 am

On Nov. 2, voters in Colorado Springs will be confronted by a ballot with roughly the same number of line items as the greater Chicago telephone directory. This was ensured Thursday when the El Paso C...

 

FRIDAY FOLDER 9/3/10: A roundup of school news

Sep 2, 2010 11:38 pm

Golf tourney to offset college costs Sierra High School is hosting a golf tournament to help low income college-bound students with those nickle and dime expenses that add up to big bucks. Sierra Prin...

 

D-49 board passes on filling director vacancy

Sep 2, 2010 7:53 pm

The four Falcon School District 49 board members and most of the candidates for a vacant seat attended a special meeting Wednesday expecting a new board member to be named. Nothing happened: no discus...

 

Voters will decide whether to extend terms of county officials

Sep 2, 2010 7:53 pm

Voters in November will decide whether El Paso Countys commissioners and other elected officials can seek a third term in office. On a 4-1 vote, the county commission sent three questions to the ballo...

 

TOWN SQUARE: Term limits, TABOR money on agendas today

Sep 2, 2010 6:23 pm

CITY COUNCIL, COMMISSION MEET TODAY Colorado Springs City Council will hold a special formal session today at 4 p.m. at City Hall, 107 N. Nevada Ave. to vote on whether to put three questions on the N...

 

Memorial CEO wants hospital to become independent nonprofit

Sep 2, 2010 3:54 am

Finally, said Memorial Health System CEO Dr. Larry McEvoy on Wednesday, it was time to address the elephant in the room: What does Memorials leadership want to happen to the hospital? The Citizens' Co...

 

SAFETY NET: Bikes for homeless program now taking less-than-perfect specimens

Sep 1, 2010 11:53 pm

Pikes Peak Justice & Peace Commission has gotten less picky about the bikes its accepting for its program to provide wheels to the areas homeless residents, but its not out of desperation.

 

County close to inking deal for new building

Sep 1, 2010 11:08 pm

After getting concessions from the sellers, El Paso County officials are scheduled to sign a $25 million contract at the end of the month to purchase several buildings and a parking garage on the form...

 

UPDATE: Residents able to return home after excavator hits gas line

Sep 1, 2010 9:53 pm

UPDATE: Colorado Springs Utilities issued a tweet (a message transmitted via Twitter) at 12:57 p.m. that the leak has been closed and that people are being permitted back into the area. A gas leak tha...

 
 

Local News from The Fort Collins Coloradoan via Yahoo! News

Stewie search suspended, live trap remains in field

Sep 3, 2010 5:23 pm

The search for Stewie, the dachshund who fled the scene after his owner died in a single-vehicle car crash along Taft Hill Road Aug. 18, has been suspended after scent trails and sightings of the dog ...

 

Ticket: Bas Bleu performs 'The Guys' for Rist Canyon fire department benefit

Sep 3, 2010 5:22 pm

Get breaking local news as it happens from The Coloradoan. Enter your phone number below: Message & Data Rates May Apply. For more information text HELP to 4INFO (44636). Contact your carrier for ...

 

Top things to do in Fort Collins: A three-day planner

Sep 3, 2010 5:22 pm

The Tour de Fat, a zany cycling event that is one of Fort Collins' most popular events, headlines things to do the next three days in town.

 

City won't pursue charges stemming from failed Poppaw recall effort

Sep 3, 2010 5:22 pm

There's no probable cause that organizers of a failed effort to recall Fort Collins City Council member Lisa Poppaw violated municipal campaign laws, a special prosecutor said this week.

 

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare

Sep 3, 2010 5:22 pm

MIAMI (AP) A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government...

 

Moose, toddler run-in at Grand Lake likely a freak accident

Sep 3, 2010 5:22 pm

GRAND LAKE, Colo. (AP) Authorities say a run-in between a moose and a toddler in north-central Colorado appears to be a freak accident.

 

Man charged with breaking into, vandalizing tortilla kitchen in Old Town Fort Collins

Sep 3, 2010 5:22 pm

Fort Collins police this morning arrested a man they say broke into a tortilla kitchen in Old Town and "trashed" the interior.

 

Paranoia or concern?: Larimer County sheriff defends role in debate

Sep 3, 2010 1:23 pm

Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden has called one of the men running to replace him "pretty paranoid" over concerns about how a Alderden-hosted debate next week is shaping up.

 

CSU to students: Keep showdown on football field

Sep 3, 2010 1:22 pm

Just days before tens of thousands of CSU and CU fans descend upon Denver for the Rocky Mountain Showdown football game, university officials are reminding students to be good neighbors in Fort Collin...

 

Van sparks fires on U.S. 287

Sep 3, 2010 1:22 pm

A series of smoky grass fires sparked by a van driving north on U.S. Highway 287 from Loveland to Fort Collins snarled Thursday afternoon traffic and forced area road closures.

 
 

News and Lifestyle Information from The Colorado Springs Gazette

Parks packed with campers for holiday weekend

Sep 3, 2010 5:54 pm

Its looking like a perfect weekend to enjoy the great outdoors.But if you were planning to camp, prepare to rough it or set your tent next to an RV; youll be hard-pressed to find a campsite at a sta...

 

DID YOU EVER WONDER: Vandalized building, mysterious people, coal trains

Sep 2, 2010 7:45 pm

I have wondered what that building is at the corner of Kiowa and El Paso. It looks like it was a service station of some kind 60s-era? 70s? At any rate, its all boarded up and vandalized now, but it ...

 

LIVE WELL: Teas benefits come from bacteria, not mushrooms

Sep 2, 2010 12:30 pm

I had a bit of an addiction problem last summer. Id hit the bottle once, twice, maybe three times a day. I couldnt get enough. I needed more and more to quench the thirst. Kombucha had a hold on me as...

 

Ring the Bells: Your guide to Colorado's best backpacking adventure

Sep 1, 2010 9:14 pm

The breathtaking Maroon Bells, ancient, eroded and jagged, tower over crystalline glacial lakes near Aspen like a quintessential Colorado postcard. Most hikers stop at Crater Lake, but that is merely ...

 

Built to last: Ed Martin has been crafting handmade boots for 70-plus years

Aug 30, 2010 7:40 pm

From the highway, Ed Martins house is just a bump in a cornfield east of the Fort Lyon prison. Its not until an apron-clad Martin opens the door of his workshop a 1920s-era ranch house his aunt passe...

 

BOOK GROUPIE: 26 local book groups share favorite reads

Aug 27, 2010 7:55 pm

Recently, local mover and shaker Donna Guthrie sent me an e-mail invitation to a party of sorts. The e-mail described the event as an evening of wine, hors doeuvres and a conversation about books. Hon...

 

NONPROFITS AROUND TOWN: MAT's blue day; JA annual awards

Aug 27, 2010 7:16 pm

Beneath an aquamarine sky, Manitou Art Theatre aficionados, sipping aquamarine drinks, donned their blue-green best boas, shoes, bows, hair, fingernails, dresses, toenails, shoelaces, pajamas, jewelr...

 

DID YOU EVER WONDER: Grounded Kempf sculpture; missing Olympic rings

Aug 27, 2010 6:10 pm

I often run in Cheyenne Caon, and Ive noticed that one of Starr Kempfs sculptures is laying on the ground. Is there a plan to put it up? It seems a shame to not have it displayed with the rest. Anita ...

 
 

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