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Colorado River Basin

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code

Definitions from Case Law

From 292 U.S. 341 - State of Arizona v. State of California · 1934Most cited · 149 citing opinions

all of the drainage area of the Colorado River system and all other territory within the United States of America to which the waters of the Colorado River system shall be beneficially applied.

United States Code

43 U.S.C. § 620O — as used in this chapter

The terms “Colorado River Basin”, “Colorado River Compact”, “Colorado River System”, “Lee Ferry”, “States of the Upper Division”, “Upper Basin”, and “domestic use” shall have the meaning ascribed to them in article II of the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact;