a river which rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows generally south-westwards for 2,333 km (1,468 miles) to the Gulf of California, passing through the Grand Canyon
科罗拉多河(源出美国科罗拉多州北部落基山脉,向西南流程2,333公里,即1,468 英里,流经大峡谷,注入加利福尼亚湾)。
a state in the central US; pop. 4,939,456 (est. 2008); capital, Denver. Colorado extends from the Great Plains in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west. Part of it was acquired by the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the rest ceded by Mexico in 1848. It became the 38th state in 1876.
科罗拉多州(美国中部的一个州,2008年估计人口4,939,456, 首府为丹佛;科罗拉多州东起大平原,西至落基山脉;部分于1803年由路易斯安那购置地所得,其余则于1848年由墨西哥割让而得,于1876年成为美国的第38个州)。