2. 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

5.  United States Watershed Map United States Watershed Map United States Watershed Map  http://maps.howstuffworks.com/unit ed-states-watersheds-map.htm http://maps.howstuffworks.com/unit ed-states-watersheds-map.htm http://maps.howstuffworks.com/unit ed-states-watersheds-map.htm

6. 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

9. 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

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11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Dams of the Colorado Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell Davis Dam, Lake Mohave Parker Dam – Lake Havasu