Daily Review #3 10. How do rivers and streams form? 11. Define watershed, delta, ox bow lake, floodplain, tributary and divide 12. Why is Colorado considered.

Daily Review #3 10. How do rivers and streams form? 11. Define watershed, delta, ox bow lake, floodplain, tributary and divide 12. Why is Colorado considered a headwater state? 13. When it rains in Parker, where does the water eventually end up? 14. If you live in a city, how does water end up in your faucet and what happens to it when it leaves your house? End

Drought Lack of significant rainfall Due to less precipitation Years Impacts Crops and livestock Groundwater Increased desertification Economy Locations Sahara Australia U.S. (2012, 1920s, 1988) California

Colorado Water 4 major watersheds Continental divide Impacts water in states from California to New Mexico

1.2 Million acre- feet 7.1 Million acre- feet 20% of the population 80% of the population 80% of the precipitation 20% of the precipitation

Colorado River Watershed Upper Basin CO, WY, UT, NM Lower Basin AZ, NV, CA, Mexico - Runs through driest part of the country - Averages precip = 4 - People relying on it - 25 million + in US - More in Mexico!

Colorado River Compact 1922 Gallons vs % 7 states + Mexico

Hydropower What is it? How does it work? Turbine Generator Types Conventional Run-of-the-River Tides

Three Gorges Dam

Daily Review #4 15. What causes drought? 16. What are some of the possible side effects of long-term drought in an area? 17. What, in your opinion, is the most important issue Colorado faces related to water? 18. How does a conventional hydroelectric dam create electricity? End

Water Pollution Types Sediment Nutrients/chemicals Pathogens Trash Point Nonpoint Fertilizer Algal blooms Erosion

Marine Pollution Accelerating rapidly Noise pollution Oil spills Great Pacific Garbage Patch Ecosystem Impacts

Fixing Pollution Clean Water Act (1972) Reduce, reuse, recycle Limit fertilizers Limit erosion Changes in agricultural practices Barriers during construction, mining, etc. Decrease usage

Daily Review #3 10. How do rivers and streams form? 11. Define watershed, delta, ox bow lake, floodplain, tributary and divide 12. Why is Colorado considered.

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