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Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Upper Rio Grande Basin

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Title Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Upper Rio Grande Basin
Creator Waterstone, Marvin
Subject Water -- Distribution; Water boundaries; Water quality management; Water conservation;
Coverage Rio Grande; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); New Mexico; Texas;
Description The Rio Grande, flowing southward almost 2,000 miles from its headwaters in southern Colorado, drains an area of over 350,000 square miles and is the lifeblood of a semi-arid region supplying water for more than 3.5 million people and for agricultural, recreational, hydropower, and industrial purposes. This paper reports on on-going research regarding the physical and institutional resilience of the Upper Basin of the Rio Grande river management system, from its headwaters, to Fort Quitman,...
Publisher U. S. Geological Survey
Contributor Department of Geography and Regional Development; The University of Arizona
Date 2003
Type text
Format application/pdf
Source Waterstone, Marvin, Transboundary Water Resources Management in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey, 6p.
Language eng
Rights Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Identifier http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/202

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