Colorado River What is a water shed? What watershed do we live in? An area that gets its water from one source. We live in the Colorado River watershed
United States Watershed Map United States Watershed Map United States Watershed Map ed-states-watersheds-map.htm ed-states-watersheds-map.htm ed-states-watersheds-map.htm
Colorado River What is a continental divide? A mountain range that separates two different water sheds. The Rocky mountains are the continental divide for our country. We rely on the snow that falls on the western side of the Rocky mountains
Colorado River What states rely on the Colorado River watershed? What other country relies on the Colorado River? Upper Basin states: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico Lower Basin states: Nevada, Arizona, California Mexico
Colorado River
Colorado River history What was the River like before we put dams on it? The river was red with sandstone silt (Colorado means red) There were no lakes It flooded once a year
Colorado River What is created when you put a dam on a river? What lake was created when the Hoover Dam was built? A lake Lake Mead
Colorado River What are the dams and lakes besides Hoover Dam and Lake Mead? Glen Canyon Dam- Lake Powell Davis Dam- Lake Mohave Parker Dam – Lake Havasu
Dams of the Colorado Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell Davis Dam, Lake Mohave Parker Dam – Lake Havasu