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Colorado River shrinks as Lake Mead hits historic low

Original: The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next? Lake Mead is at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years

The Colorado River continues to shrink, with Lake Mead at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago and Lake Powell also at a historic low. The Guardian reports on the crisis and the hard choices ahead for the seven US states and Mexico that depend on the river, as climate change and overuse drain the reservoirs that supply water to millions of people and vast farmland.

Why now: Record-low levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell are renewing fears about water shortages across the American Southwest.

Colorado RiverLake MeadLake PowellThe Guardian

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