Description: The Colorado River ('Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a river in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately 1450 miles (2330 km) long, draining a part of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. About the GE tour: Take a tour along the entire North American Colorado river from the spring lake in the Rocky Mountains more than 3000m above sealevel, through hundreds of canyons including Grand Canyon, crossing dams and lakes like the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead and finally flowing into the Gulf of California. More than 245 placemarks, in average one every 9 km, guide you along the river. Enjoy. Tour creator: Tom Kjeldsen, created May 2008. Recommended to be viewed as a 'Play tour' in Google Earth with terrain feature enabled. |