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South Platte

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South Platte (plăt), river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts. in many branches, which then join in central Colorado. It flows in a narrow canyon E and NE to Denver, then NE across the Great Plains to join the North Platte in central Nebraska, where it forms the Platte River. On the Great Plains the river is broad and shallow and loses much water by evaporation. Grazing and irrigated agriculture are important there. The river basin has many private irrigation dams. The upper course of the South Platte is part of the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado–Big Thompson project.

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For inspiration, planners point to such cities as San Antonio, whose River Walk has become synonymous with the city, and to Denver, whose South Platte Initiative transformed 11 miles of industrial blight into a contiguous greenbelt of parks.
AMERICAN FORESTS is starting to work with the Upper South Platte River Watershed Association in Colorado and with Reforest Colorado to help with restoration of the Hayman Fire that occurred earlier this year.
The rivers reviewed here include Montana's Madison, Big Hole and Beaverhead, Utah's Provo and Green, New Mexico's San Juan, Idaho's Henry's Fork, Wyoming's Snake and Colorado's South Platte.
 
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