Colorado River Drought Prompts Unprecedented Water Cuts To Southwest States

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The Colorado River provides water and electricity to about 40 million people (Credit: Paul Hermans,/ CC BY-SA 3.0 /Wikimedia Commons)

The 1,450-mile-long Colorado River and its tributaries snake through seven states and two nations — the US and Mexico. They provide water and electricity to about 40 million people in Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah. The country's sixth largest river also irrigates 4 to 5 million acres of farmland in the Southwest.

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  • user5897
    user5897약 3년
    Gods, I think this is partly because of us and partly because global warming. All that water is evaporating!
    • cr3757
      cr3757약 3년
      Yikes
      • karatehedgehog4
        karatehedgehog4약 3년
        Aaaaaa! what do we do?? that's bad!!
        • dream_beyond
          dream_beyond약 3년
          We need to take action and start by doing something small, like picking up trash that you see outside on the floor. If we don't start now it will only get worse.
          • purplepearls
            purplepearls약 3년
            sad
            • unknown_user14
              unknown_user14약 3년
              Interesting!
              • unknown_user14
                unknown_user14약 3년
                WOW!
                • mathrules
                  mathrules약 3년
                  Ikr
                  • adroit_avimimus
                    adroit_avimimus약 3년
                    Oh nooo! This is terrible! We are in the middle of a climate crisis! I know that we are just shifting climates and that it has happened in the past, but what we are doing is just speeding it up! Too fast for anyone to be prepared! I didn't know that the river went through seven states and two nations though! Long river! But 40 million people!! Too much is at stake if the river completely dries! I was also looking at the pictures, and it's so sad how much water has dried up!! We need to do something! Cut back on pollution of all sorts, switch to eco-friendly energy, anything to help slow the climate change down! WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING! #HelptheRiver #ClimateChange #Earth!!
                    • emilias0730
                      emilias0730약 3년
                      I'm with you.
                      • semotodo-158187814410
                        semotodo-158187814410약 3년
                        thats no good we should no use to much water because it effects the earth we have to help if not we will have no water
                      • unknown_user14
                        unknown_user14약 3년
                        I know! My science teacher talked about this in class today! It really is bad! #HelptheRiver #ClimateChange #Earth!

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