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Water quality in the upper Colorado River basin, 1996-98
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Water quality in the upper Colorado River basin, 1996-98 |
| Creator | Spahr, Norman E.; Apodaca, Lori E.; Deacon, Jeffrey R.; Bails, Jeffrey B.; Bauch, Nancy J.; Smith, C. Michelle; Driver, Nancy E. |
| Subject | Water quality; Watersheds; Water -- Analysis; Water salinization; Water temperature; Organic wastes; |
| Coverage | Colorado; Rocky Mountains; Colorado Plateau; Colorado River (Wyo.-Utah); Utah; Wyoming; |
| Description | The Upper Colorado River Basin (UCOL) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program includes the 17,800-square-mile drainage basin of the Colorado River upstream from the Colorado-Utah State line. The study area is almost equally divided between the Southern Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau Physiographic Provinces. Population in the basin is approximately 308,000. The major use of water is irrigation, but transmountain diversions provide water to more than 1 million people... |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Date | 2000 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Spahr, Norman E.; Apodaca, Lori E.; Deacon, Jeffrey R.; Bails, Jeffrey B.; Bauch, Nancy J.; Smith, C. Michelle; Driver, Nancy E., Water quality in the upper Colorado River basin, 1996-98: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1214, p33. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/225 |
