Record Details
Field | Value |
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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 |