Ruby Canyon is a roughly 25 mile (40 km) long canyon on the Colorado River located on the Colorado-Utah border in the western United States, and is a popular destination for rafting. The canyon takes its name from the red sandstone cliffs which line the canyon walls.
The only access to the canyon outside of rafting is provided by Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad) between Mack, Colorado, and Westwater, Utah. Amtrak's California Zephyr follows this route through Ruby Canyon between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Thompson Springs, Utah. A popular attraction along the route are the words "Utah Colorado" painted on the canyon wall at the border between the two states next to the Utaline Siding.
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Colorado River system
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| Jurisdictions |
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| Canyons |
- Byers Canyon
- Gore Canyon
- Red Gorge
- Glenwood Canyon
- De Beque Canyon
- Horsethief Canyon
- Ruby Canyon
- Westwater Canyon
- Cataract Canyon
- Narrow Canyon
- Glen Canyon
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Wash Canyon
- Iceberg Canyon
- Virgin Canyon
- Boulder Canyon
- Black Canyon
- Pyramid Canyon
- Mohave Canyon
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| Natural features |
- River course
- Rocky Mountains
- Colorado River Basin
- Colorado Plateau
- Grand Lake
- Sonoran Desert
- Mojave Desert
- Parker Valley
- Palo Verde Valley
- Colorado Desert
- Salton Sea
- Imperial Valley
- New River
- Delta
- Gulf of California/Sea of Cortez
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| Tributaries |
- Blue River
- Dirty Devil River
- Dolores River
- Escalante River
- Eagle River
- Fraser River
- Gila River
- Green River
- Gunnison River
- Kanab Creek
- Little Colorado River
- Paria River
- Roaring Fork River
- San Juan River
- Virgin River
- Williams Fork
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Mainstem dams
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- Shadow Mountain
- Granby
- Grand Valley
- Price-Stubb
- Glen Canyon
- Hoover
- Davis
- Parker
- Headgate Rock
- Palo Verde
- Imperial
- Laguna
- Morelos
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Major reservoirs
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- Fontenelle Reservoir
- Flaming Gorge Reservoir
- Blue Mesa Reservoir
- Navajo Reservoir
- Lake Powell
- Lake Mead
- Lake Mohave
- Lake Havasu
- Theodore Roosevelt Lake
- San Carlos Lake
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Aqueducts and
canals
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- Grand Ditch
- Colorado River Aqueduct
- San Diego Aqueduct
- Central Arizona Project
- All-American Canal
- Coachella Canal
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Water projects
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- Boulder Canyon Project
- Colorado-Big Thompson Project
- Colorado River Storage Project
- Grand Valley Project
- Yuma Project
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- See also: Floyd Dominy
- International Boundary and Water Commission
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- William Mulholland
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| Designated areas |
- Arches National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Colorado National Monument
- Dead Horse Point State Park
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area
- Rocky Mountain National Park
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Coordinates: 39°07′03″N 109°04′15″W / 39.1175°N 109.07083°W / 39.1175; -109.07083
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