{"id":435,"date":"2014-04-23T19:03:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T19:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/watershedplus-the-colorado-river-provides-water\/"},"modified":"2014-07-29T20:19:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T20:19:39","slug":"watershedplus-the-colorado-river-provides-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/watershedplus-the-colorado-river-provides-water\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-435 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co2_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co2_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co2_1280-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co2_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co2_1280-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-436'>\n\t\t\t\tpicture by www.disputedwaters.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co3_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co3_1280.jpg 600w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co3_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co3_1280-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-437'>\n\t\t\t\tPicture by Peter McBride\r\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co1_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co1_1280.jpg 576w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co1_1280-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co1_1280-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/raisetheriver.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tumblr_mj91nrET6k1qlic7co1_1280-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-438'>\n\t\t\t\tPicture from www.robertcampbellphotography.com\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/watershedplus.tumblr.com\/post\/44714350970\">watershedplus<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Colorado River provides water for 30 million people.<br \/> Because it is so heavily tapped for agriculture, industry, and municipal uses along its course, the Colorado River rarely reaches its delta and the Gulf of California. About one-tenth of the river\u2019s former flow now makes it to Mexico, where most of that is used for farming and cities .<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/environment.nationalgeographic.com\/environment\/photos\/rivers-run-dry\/#\/freshwater-rivers-colorado-1_45140_600x450.jpg\">The National Geographic<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s not uncommon to hear the Colorado River called the &#8216;Life Blood of the West.&#8221; It never fails to amaze us how these aerial photographs look like the blood vessels of the human body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine what would happen if your blood never made it to your finger tips? Or if the Colorado River never made it to its delta?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>watershedplus: The Colorado River provides water for 30 million people. Because it is so heavily tapped for agriculture, industry, and municipal uses along its course, the Colorado River rarely reaches its delta and the Gulf of California. 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