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Where the water goes life and death along the Colorado River

The Colorado River is a crucial resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado's headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre dese...

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Main Author: Owen, David, 1955- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, [2017]
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Owen, David, > 1955- > Travel > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Water-supply > West (U.S.)
Stream ecology > Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Description and travel.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) > Environmental conditions.
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Table of Contents:
  • The headwaters
  • The law of the River
  • Tributaries
  • Go West
  • Grand Valley
  • Salt, dry lots, and houseboats
  • Lees Ferry
  • Boulder Canyon Project
  • Las Vegas
  • Colorado River Aqueduct
  • Central Arizona Project
  • The rule of capture
  • Boondocking
  • Imperial Valley
  • The Salton Sea
  • Reclamation
  • The delta
  • What is to be done?

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