Rio Chama (Colo. and N.M.)

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The Rio Chama, a major tributary river of the Rio Grande, is located in the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico. The river is about 130 miles (210 km) long altogether. From its source to El Vado Dam its length is about 50 miles (80 km), from El Vado Dam to Abiquiu Dam is about 51 miles (82 km), and from Abiquiu Dam to its confluence with the Rio Grande is about 34 miles (55 km). The name "Chama" is a Spanish approximation of the Tewa term tsąmą' ǫŋwįkeyi, meaning "wrestling pueblo-ruin", and refers to a now-abandoned pueblo, which may still have been occupied during the Spanish exploration, about 5.5 miles (9 km) east of Abiquiu, New Mexico.