The Animas River rises high in San Juan Mountains of Colorado at the confluence of the West and North forks at the ghost town of Animas Forks and flows south past the ghost towns of Eureka and Howardsville.
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The Animas serves as habitat to resident and migratory Bald Eagles which arrive in the winter months to take advantage of the ice-free river.
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The Durango and Silverton Narrow gauge railroad follows the river through the canyon to Durango.
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The ancestral Puebloan site of Aztec Ruins National Monument is situated along the river in the present day town of Aztec and for much of its course the river flows through native Ute and Navajo lands.
As part of the Animas-La Plata Water Project, Lake Nighthorse provides water storage to for tribal and water right claim-holders along the Animas River.
The flood was half mile wide below the junction of the San Juan and Animas Rivers, and the main channel was forty feet deep.
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