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Colorado River basin - water shortage
August 22 , 2021
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- For the first time the federal government in the US declared a water shortage for the Colorado River basin due to a historic drought.
- Since the year 2000, this Colorado River Basin has been experiencing a prolonged drought.
- This persistent drought has led to lowering down of the water levels in the basin’s reservoirs to meet the demand over the years.
- Lake Mead and Lake Powell are the two reservoirs at the centre of this water shortage.
- The Colorado river flows from the Rocky Mountains into southwestern US and into Mexico.
- The river is fed by snow melt from the Rocky and Wasatch mountains.
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