Talk:Colorado River (Texas)

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I've removed the following mentions of the Colorado River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico in favor of a disambiguation link.

This river should not be confused with the better known

Colorado River that flows through the Grand Canyon and empties into the Gulf of California

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jareha 20:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No justification of the above change was given. I strongly disagree with it. In order to use the disambiguation link, you need to already know that this article isn't about the "other" Colorado River. Those who already know that, probably aren't going to find much of value here. I think that the confusion of this Southwestern USA river with its much larger and much more historical cousin with the same name should be explicitly addressed.174.131.63.233 (talk) 23:04, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You're responding to a comment from 13 years ago, when this article was two sentences long. It currently includes a mention of the primary Colorado river and its lack of connection to this one, maps, and other indicators that this river is only in Texas. Kuru (talk) 23:23, 6 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Where in the article is there mention of the primary Colorado River and clarification that there's no connection to this one? I landed on this article trying to confirm that exact fact, and it was confusing and took me an extra minute to read through the article because I couldn't find anything addressing that specifically. If nothing else, I propose changing the disambiguation link to point directly to the primary Colorado river, rather than the disambiguation page. Stonkaments (talk) 19:37, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Strongly agree on a disambiguation or distinguish hatnote. Navigation to this page and understanding it isn't related to the more famous Colorado River requires either prior knowledge that the other Colorado River does not pass through Texas or meta-understanding of how Wikipedia disambiguation works. DenebVegaAltair (talk) 06:28, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See Brazos River

Brazos begins in New Mexico. However the page Trinity River (Texas) claims the Trinity is the longest river completely within Texas. This USGS page seems to support the Colorado as the longest within Texas. It is listed as 862 miles long, with a source in Texas. The Trinity is not listed, meaning it is not in the top 32 longest US rivers. Its page says it is 710 miles long. Pfly (talk) 21:56, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on how we define "within". The watersheds for both the Brazos and the Colorado extend outside of Texas. The map and USGS data support this. The Texas Handbook reference is corretcly cited, but they simply appear to be wrong. I'm not suggetsing this be changed, because that would be OR, but it appears that actual watershed extends outside of Texas, even if the River doesn't.!Jbower47 (talk) 17:29, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone with knowledge of the situation fix the caption of the picture claiming the Pennybacker Bridge 'over the Colorado River or Lake Austin.' 'Or' should NOT be there. Pick one or the other, don't just add 'or' because you don't know a fact.207.38.156.111 (talk) 03:40, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

According to the Wikipedia page: Lake Austin is a reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1939 by the construction of Tom Miller Dam, which spans the Colorado River. If I had to choose one, I would call it the Colorado River.