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<br />Irrigating The Lower <br /> <br />(:) <br /> <br />~Colorado Region <br /> <br /> <br />If"-" on ~ <br /> <br />fi.~ <br />-.....-.... -.-- <br /> <br />~----'- ..- <br /> <br />! <br /> <br />.~. <br />- <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />...--.... <br /> <br />? -'.~ .-~;:~. ..' ~'- <br />. ~.~--...- o.li.:$:' <br /> <br /> <br />~'- <br /> <br />FAR.HERS .\'/SeE the Hohokams hat't! 'mguted by flooding their lands u'ilh /L'ater, thenlerring <br />rhe 1I-'afeT seep into the ground Today otflt" me'h()d.~ of Irrigation include spray IfT/gatton. B'arer <br />IS pumped /0 a sprinkler, which spmys the wafer Of/to Ihe crops. <br /> <br />~~:..:"""--- ,. <br />-. J <br />-_." ,;:-~ . .<~-~ <br />._.....~.. '-.~~"t~.-~~-:-i .~ _~ -- <br />-J>~I <br />-.- ! <br />, <br /> <br />~..,.. <br />;/ -/ _t; <br />I . <br />'J ' <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />LE7Ti'CE. BROCCOli. cabbage, garlic, oniom. carrots. <br />dares. melons. u'heQt, and citrus fruas. as u'ell as cotton. <br />grocl'n in (he rllma area <br /> <br />pt'cans, <br />an> <br /> <br />Fact Sheet =3 <br /> <br />A RIVULET in the Roch)' Mountains <br />of Colorado. fed by melting snow <br />from a quarter of a million square-mile <br />watershed. the Colorado River \\.'inds its <br />\....ay }.100 miles and drops more than two <br />and a hair miles in elevation to Gult ot Califor- <br />nia. or. as it.s called in i\.texico. the Sea ot Cor- <br />tez. <br /> <br />Today Reclamation dams on the Colorado River <br />help provide- millions of pt:opJe \\-jth water to use: <br />:> in irrigation. <br />:> as clean hydroelectric power. <br />~ In homes and f.lclories. <br />t> for outdoor recreation. <br />,. for fish and wildlife enhann~ment programs. <br />=:> to improve """ater quality" <br /> <br />Waters of the Colorado Series <br />