San Luis Creek (Colorado)
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San Luis Creek is a 76 miles (122.3 km) stream
that flows from a source near Poncha Pass
in Saguache County, Colorado
to San Luis Lake adjacent to Great Sand Dunes National Park. San Luis Lake is the sink of the San Luis Closed Basin, the largest endorheic basin in Colorado.
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
that flows from a source near Poncha Pass
Poncha Pass
Poncha Pass is a mountain pass in South-Central Colorado . It lies between the San Luis Valley to the south and the valley of the Arkansas River to the north, and is one of the lowest mountain passes in the state . It is in the saddle between the Sangre de Cristo Range, lying to the southeast, and...
in Saguache County, Colorado
Saguache County, Colorado
Saguache County is the seventh most extensive of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county name comes from a Ute language word meaning “blue earth” or “water at blue earth”. The county population was 5,917 at U.S. Census 2000...
to San Luis Lake adjacent to Great Sand Dunes National Park. San Luis Lake is the sink of the San Luis Closed Basin, the largest endorheic basin in Colorado.