Colorado Information
The State of Colorado is defined as the geoellipsoidal 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, Wyoming, and Utah are the only three U.S. states that have only lines of latitude and longitude for boundaries and that have no natural borders. When government surveyors established the border markers for the Territory of Colorado, minor surveying errors created several small kinks along the borders, most notably along the border with the Territory of Utah. The surveyors’ benchmarks, once agreed upon by the interested parties, became the legal boundaries for the Colorado Territory.
The summit of Mount Elbert at 14,440 feet (4,401 m) elevation in Lake County is the state’s highest point and the highest point in the entire Rocky Mountains. Colorado has more than 100 mountain peaks that exceed 4,000 meters (13,123 ft) elevation. Colorado is the only U.S. state that lies entirely above 1,000 meters (3,281 ft) elevation. The point where the Arikaree River flows out of Yuma County, Colorado, and into Cheyenne County, Kansas, is the lowest point in the State of Colorado at 3,315 feet (1,010 m) elevation. This crossing point holds the distinction of being the highest low point of any U.S. state.
Nearly half of the state is flat in stark contrast to Colorado’s rugged Rocky Mountains. 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 roughly 3350 to 6500 feet (1010 to 2000 m). 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. Precipitation is meager, averaging from 12 to 18 inches (300 to 450 mm) annually. There is some irrigated farming, but much of the land is used for dry land 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.
Counties
Colorado is divided into 64 counties, including two counties with consolidated city and county governments.[45]
The fifteen most populous Colorado counties as of 2007-07-01, were:
1. City and County of Denver
2. El Paso County
3. Arapahoe County
4. Jefferson County
5. Adams County
6. Boulder County
7. Larimer County
8. Douglas County
9. Weld County
10. Pueblo County
11. Mesa County
12. Fremont County
13. City and County of Broomfield
14. Garfield County
15. Eagle County
State government
State of Colorado government website
Colorado Department of Education
Colorado state symbols and emblems
Colorado official state vacation guide
Colorado state government departments and agencies
Colorado Department of Transportation
List of searchable databases produced by Colorado state agencies hosted by the American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable.
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