Eagle River (Colorado)

{{Other uses|Eagle River (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Eagle River{{cite gnis|id= 174007|name=Eagle River|access-date= 2011-01-28}}

| image = Eagle River in Eagle Colorado.JPG

| image_size = 275px

| image_alt =

| image_caption = The river at Eagle's Chambers Park

| map = Eagle river colorado map.png

| map_size = 300

| map_alt =

| map_caption =Eagle River drainage basin

| source1_location = Confluence of East Fork and South Fork

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|39|25|18|N|107|03|26|W}}

| mouth_location = Confluence with Colorado River

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|39|38|47|N|107|03|26|W|display=inline,title}}

| progression = Colorado

| length = {{convert|60.5|mi|km|abbr=on}}

| source1_elevation =

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|6122|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|577|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2011/pdfs/09070000.2011.pdf|title=USGS Gage #09070000 on the Eagle River below Gypsum, CO|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey|work=National Water Information System|date= 1946–2011|access-date= 2012-09-26}}

| basin_size = {{convert|945|mi2|km2|abbr=on}}

| river_system =

| tributaries_left =

| tributaries_right =

}}

The Eagle River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately {{convert|60.5|mi}} long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed March 18, 2011 in west central Colorado in the United States.

It rises in southeastern Eagle County, at the continental divide, and flows northwest past Gilman, Minturn, Avon. Near Wolcott, it turns west, flowing past Eagle and Gypsum, and joins the Colorado at Dotsero, in western Eagle County.

Its flow ranges from {{convert|200|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} in late summer of dry years to {{convert|7000|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} during spring runoff.

Acid mine drainage from the abandoned Eagle Mine has entered the river.{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/co/eagle/index.html |title=Eagle Mine – Region 8 |work=United States Environmental Protection Agency |date=April 2012 |access-date=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508230532/http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/co/eagle/index.html |archive-date=8 May 2012 }}

File:Eagle River from I-70 w Edwards CO.jpg