COLORADO RIVER

GEOGRAPHY

• Flows Southeast from Colorado
• Ends in California Gulf
• Depth from 6 feet to 90 feet
• Average depth 20 feet
• Begins in the Rocky Mountains

FLOWS IN THE GRAND CANYON

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HOW HAS IT AFFECTS US

POSITIVE

• Natives used it to irrigate crops
• The fish where plentiful

NEGATIVES

• Floods from snow capped Mtn
• Not useful for transportation
• Because of rapids
• River is extremely dry in
• Late summer

WHAT WE HAVE DONE

NEEDS AND WANTS

• Hoover Dam & Lake Mead
• Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming,
• Arizona, California, and Nevada
• Use it as a water source

TOURISM

• Grand Canyon
• Gets about 18,000 people a day
• $12 per person
• $25 per vehicle includes passengers
• $75 for Skywalk

INTERESTING FACTS

• Has a female spirit name
• "Life Without End."
• Fist documented by Spanish
• Average water temperature is 42°F
• Used to have a reddish-brown color

MORE

• Exports the most water
• Water used to be 80°F
• Before dams were made