The watershed of the Purgatoire River, Colorado and New Mexico
The Purgatoire River (Spanish: Rio de las Ánimas &
Río Purgatorio), also known as the Purgatory and Picketwire River, is in southeastern Colorado, United States. The river originates in the high mountains of the Culebra Range. Several tributaries merge near Weston in Las Animas County and the river flows east-northeastward 196 miles (315 km) to a confluence with the Arkansas River near Las Animas in Bent County, Colorado. The Purgatoire River drains an area of 3,449 square miles (8,930 km2), mostly in Colorado but a small percentage of the watershed is in New Mexico. The Purgatoire River watershed is lightly populated. Population has been declining since 1920 as former coal mining and agricultural communities have become ghost towns.
^"Purgatoire River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
^"USGS Current Conditions for USGS 07128500 PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS, CO".
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