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Subregion Map 1501 Lower Colorado–Lake Mead subregion: The Colorado River Basin from the Lee Ferry compact point to Hoover Dam, but excluding the Little Colorado River Basin. Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. 29,900 sq mi (77,000 km 2) HUC1501: 1502 Little Colorado subregion: The Little Colorado River Basin. Arizona and New Mexico. 26,900 sq mi ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Wisconsin.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The Lower Colorado River Valley has unique plant communities because it is the most arid part of the desert and it has the highest temperatures, in excess of 120 °F (49 °C) during the summer. The low humidity means that most plants must have mechanisms that deal with severe water loss through evaporation.
This is a List of dams of the Lower Colorado River Valley in the United States. There are many smaller dams, check dams, or diversion dams, that lace the length of the Colorado River. The major Davis Dam directly downstream of Hoover Dam has the purpose of re-regulating Hoover Dam releases.
The Upper Basin include such tributary systems as the Green, Gunnison and San Juan. Tributaries in the Lower Basin include the Little Colorado, Virgin and Gila. A key tributary of the San Juan River, the Animas River, was severely affected by the EPA's accidental August 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill. Notes:
Officials, farmers and tribes are bracing for more difficult negotiations on how to divvy up the Colorado River in the long term.
The Lower Colorado River Valley − LCRV — a geographic region flanking the Lower Colorado River, in California, Arizona, and Nevada. Its watershed is within the larger Colorado River Basin . The main article for this category is Lower Colorado River Valley .
If you're looking for the perfect spot to take a walk along a river, USA Today 10Best thinks you should head to Boston. The Charles River Esplanade in Boston was voted the ninth best riverwalk in ...