Apishapa River
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Apishapa River is a 139 miles (223.7 km) tributary
of the Arkansas River
that flows from a source near West Spanish Peak
in southern Colorado
. It joins the Arkansas east of Fowler, Colorado
.
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Arkansas River
Arkansas River
The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...
that flows from a source near West Spanish Peak
West Spanish Peak
West Spanish Peak is a high mountain peak in the US state of Colorado. It is the higher of the two Spanish Peaks, two large igneous stocks which form an eastern outlier of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains...
in southern Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. It joins the Arkansas east of Fowler, Colorado
Fowler, Colorado
Fowler is a Statutory Town in Otero County, Colorado. The town is named in honor of Orson Squire Fowler. The population was 1200 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fowler is located at ....
.