Physical Setting
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The Colorado River is the main river for the southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. This 1,450 mile river flows southwest across the Colorado Plateau and then enters Lake Mead. From there, the river reaches Mexico and empties into the Gulf of California.
The part of the Colorado River situated above Lake Mead consists of fast-moving white-water making it ideal for white-water rafting. The lower portion of the river is slow-moving. This means that this river can be considered both an old and a youth river.
Territories with the rights to the Colorado River are seperated into two categories; Upper and Lower Basin. The Upper basin includes Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. The Lower Basin includes California, Arizona and Nevada. Each basin is given the rights to 7.5 million acre-feet of water (2,445,000,000,000 gallons of water) per year.
The part of the Colorado River situated above Lake Mead consists of fast-moving white-water making it ideal for white-water rafting. The lower portion of the river is slow-moving. This means that this river can be considered both an old and a youth river.
Territories with the rights to the Colorado River are seperated into two categories; Upper and Lower Basin. The Upper basin includes Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. The Lower Basin includes California, Arizona and Nevada. Each basin is given the rights to 7.5 million acre-feet of water (2,445,000,000,000 gallons of water) per year.
Figure 2: Map of the Colorado river