Colorado Basin Flashcards
Where is the located?
7 states
Arizone, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Mexico, Utah
Splits to Las Vegas and Hoover Dam and down further to South Arizona
What are the outputs?
Irrigation
Industry
Domestic Use
HEP
How much is being used for irrigation?
Supplying 1/4 million acres of land
How much water can it store?
4 years of average flow
What are the inputs?
Rainfall - CC, El Nino
Rocky Mountain runoff
Sierra Nevada rain shadow
What is the affect of forest fires?
Makes soil hydrophobic so the water cannot seep into the ground and there is more run off to basin
Why is there more hope here than Ogallala?
Slightly better climate than Ogallala as more likely to rain so more inputs
Who is its biggest user?
California uses 49% of lower basin
How many dams does it have?
11
