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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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News from the Durango Herald

Former R.I. Senate candidate to run for Colo. governor

May 22, 2013 4:25 am

PROVIDENCE, R.I. x2013 Steve Laffey, a onetime Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Rhode Island, announced Tuesday hex2019s running for governor of Colorado.Laffey is a former investment banker and fo...

 

Albuquerque to form task force to examine police oversight

May 22, 2013 4:25 am

ALBUQUERQUE x2013 The city of Albuquerque will hold town-hall meetings on overhauling its police oversight system as New Mexicox2019s largest city faces a federal investigation over police excessive-f...

 

Wednesday Dayplanner

May 22, 2013 4:25 am

Meetings and EventsBird walk hosted by Durango Bird Club, 9 a.m., For the Birds, 1560 East Second Ave., 382-9396.Colorado Statewide Independent Living Council meeting, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., DoubleTree Hotel,...

 

Hickenlooper signs spending bill for schools

May 22, 2013 4:24 am

DENVER x2013 Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law the first update in a generation to the way Colorado funds its public schools.The new system promises full-day kindergarten, a longer school year fo...

 

Money wars McLachlanx2019s supporters beat recall insurgents

May 22, 2013 4:24 am

Citizens for Mike McLachlan x2013 an issue group that emerged to oppose efforts to recall the Durango state House member x2013 wasnx2019t waiting for the worst-case-scenario x2013 a successful petitio...

 

x2018Wex2019re gobsmacked by the enormityx2019

May 22, 2013 4:24 am

MondayForty years of hurricanes, fires, murders and most other types of mayhem made me think I had a pretty hard shell. But it crumbled like a wet cookie today. This thing was epic and tragic and wonx...

 

Roger that A tough but rewarding job

May 22, 2013 4:24 am

Like interpreters, dispatchers are able to walk a thin line of gleaning key information from one party and translating it to another.They act as diplomats of sorts from the time they pick up the phone...

 

Effort to recall McLachlan falls short

May 22, 2013 4:23 am

Rep. Mike McLachlan will live to fight another day.Opponents of the Durango Democrat failed Tuesday to round up enough signatures to force him into a recall election.Tuesday was the deadline for the c...

 

David Grant White

May 22, 2013 3:39 am

Durango resident David Grant White died from injuries suffered in a car accident Friday, May 10, 2013, north of Durango. He was 30.Mr. White was born to Malaine James and Odis White on Oct. 27, 1982, ...

 

Council sets date for public hearing on plastic-bag fee

May 22, 2013 3:39 am

Voices for and against a 10-cent fee on plastic and paper bags at supermarket checkouts will be heard June 4, the date of the first public hearing for the proposed ordinance as set Tuesday by City Cou...

 
 

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