Dolores River
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The Dolores River, a tributary of the Colorado, is shown highlighted on a map of the western United States
The Dolores River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 250 mi (402 km) long, in the U.S. states of Colorado and Utah.
It rises in southwestern Colorado near Dolores Peak and Mt. Wilson in the San Miguel Mountains. It flows southwest, past the town of Dolores, where it turns, flowing north and northwest. It flows through the Dolores River Canyon before receiving the San Miguel River in Montrose County and crossing into Utah, where it joins the Colorado in Grand County near the Fisher Towers.
The river was explored and possibly named by Juan Maria Antonio Rivera during an 1765 expedition from Santa Fe.