Centennial State

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Centennial State - a state in west central United States in the Rocky MountainsColorado, COMesa Verde National Park - a national park in Colorado containing prehistoric cliff dwellings; semiarid landscapeRocky Mountain National Park - a national park in Colorado having mountains and lakes and streams and forestsU.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776Boulder - a town in north central Colorado; Rocky Mountains resort center and university townColorado Springs - a city in east central Colorado on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains; popular tourist center and site of the United States Air Force Academycapital of Colorado, Denver, Mile-High City - the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte riverPueblo - a city in Colorado to the south of Colorado SpringsArkansas River, Arkansas - a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi RiverColorado River, Colorado - an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United StatesColorado Plateau - a large plateau to the south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern cornerNorth Platte, North Platte River - a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte RiverPike's Peak - a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (14,109 feet high)Republican River, Republican - a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and KansasSan Juan Mountains - a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky MountainsMount Sherman, Sherman - a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)South Platte, South Platte River - a tributary of the Platte River