The Colorado River water touches seven states and Mexico and is 1,450 miles long – the sixth longest in the nation according to river conservation organization American Rivers. More than a ...

The Colorado River Basin covers more than 246,000 square miles in seven states. It's governed by the Colorado River Compact , a century-old agreement allocating water to the states and Mexico ...

The Colorado River is known as one of the most spectacular rivers in the United States of America. It is a valuable source ...

Map of Colorado River pulse moving toward Sea of Cortez by Tay Wiles April 17, 2014 January 24, 2024. ... a 2012 agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that was years in the making finally got real.

Of that, 50,000 acre-feet will be used to give a boost to the Colorado River system and 70,000 acre-feet will be used to “satisfy the U.S. commitment to provide water for the environment.” ...

Mighty Colorado River dribbles through Mexico [EXCERPT] ... In the morning, we debate our whereabouts on the latest 1:250,000-scale map, but it seems that this shifting, ...

On the map the Delta was bisected by the river, ... conversations gradually shifted within the network of water managers and policymakers in the U.S. and Mexico who focus on the Colorado River.

LOS ALGODONES, Mexico — When the Colorado River reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, it pushes up against Morelos Dam. Nearly all the remaining water is shunted aside into an immense canal and flows ...

Reservoirs along the Colorado River reached record ... using an interactive map by the Colorado Basin River Forecast ... and flows 1,450 miles across the Southwest and northern Mexico.

With the two largest reservoirs in the nation perilously low, and the Colorado River Basin experiencing the worst drought in centuries, we decided to follow the river by bus from Grand Lake into ...

New Mexico uses only about half of its allotment under the Colorado River Compact each year. But the basin’s water is essential for the state’s largest city: Albuquerque.