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{{Short description|Endorheic basin in Colorado}}
[[File:ChicoClosedBasin.jpg|thumb|right|240px|The San Luis Closed Basin between [[Hooper, Colorado|Hooper]] and [[Moffat, Colorado|Moffat]], with the [[Sangre de Cristo Range]].]]
The '''San Luis Closed Basin''' is a {{convert|2940|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} [[endorheic]] [[Drainage basin|basin]] in the [[Alamosa County, Colorado|Alamosa]] and [[Saguache County, Colorado|Saguache]] counties of south-central [[Colorado]]. It includes [[San Luis Creek (Colorado)|San Luis Creek]] and its tributary, [[Saguache Creek]]. While the basin is east of the majority of the [[Rocky Mountains]], it lies west of the [[Sangre de Cristo Range]]. An elevated plateau in Alamosa County, the [[San Luis Hills]], separates the San Luis Closed Basin drainage from most of the [[San Luis Valley]], which is southward-flowing and drains through the [[Rio Grande]].<ref name="RGWCD">{{cite web
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