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The Mystery of Baselevel Controls in the Incision History of the Central Colorado Plateau

AGU Advances
Erosion can remain active and changing in landscapes long after tectonic drivers have ceased, potentially due to local‐geologic controls, climate changes, or geodynamics. We present new fluvial incision‐rate histories and terrain analyses of the Colorado
Natalie M. Tanski +4 more
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The lower Colorado — a salty river

California Agriculture, 1984
Not available – first paragraph follows: It has been said that the Colorado River is the most litigated, regulated, and argued-over major river in the world.
M Holburt
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“We are fingers of a hand that make a fist": Working class alliances in Colorado River water protests in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico

Water Alternatives, 2022
This article explores recent water protests across northern Mexico which emanated from the Mexicali Valley in Baja California, Mexico. Beginning in 2015, communal farmers and industrial labourers, among other groups, aligned under the banner of Defense
Benjamin P. Warner, Anthony Meluso
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Agricultural water governance in the desert: Shifting risks in central Arizona

Water Alternatives, 2020
In Arizona, the policy debates over the Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plans exposed longrunning tensions surrounding how we use and value scarce water resources in a desert. These negotiations also highlighted generations-old disputes between
Abigail M. York +7 more
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Resolution matters when modeling climate change in headwaters of the Colorado River

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
The continued growth of Southwestern cities depends on reliable water export from Rocky Mountain headwaters, which provide ∼85% of Colorado River Basin (CRB) streamflow.
Lauren M Foster, Kenneth H Williams, Reed M Maxwell +2 more
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Quantifying Changes in Water Loading in the U.S. Southwest via Comparison of GNSS, GRACE, and SWE Data Sets

Water Resources Research
We use geodetic data to show that hydrologically distinct sub‐regions in the Southwest United States act independently of one another. The limited number of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations and resolution of Gravity Recovery and Climate
Kenneth C. Gourley, Richard A. Bennett, Christopher Harig +2 more
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Tamarisk and Russian Olive Occurrence and Absence Dataset Collected in Select Tributaries of the Colorado River for 2017

Data, 2018
Non-native and invasive tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) are common in riparian areas of the Colorado River Basin and are regarded as problematic by many land and water managers.
Anthony G. Vorster +7 more
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River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado

Ethnobiology Letters, 2013
Review of River Notes: A Natural and Human History of the Colorado. Wade Davis. 2012. Island Press. Pp. 176 $23.63 (Hardcover). ISBN 978‐1610913614.
Thomas W. La Point
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Colorado River water supply is predictable on multi-year timescales owing to long-term ocean memory

Communications Earth & Environment, 2020
Sea surface temperature anomalies in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans can help predict water shortages in the Colorado River basin, according to analyses of decadal climate predictions and observations.
Yoshimitsu Chikamoto +4 more
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Navigating Unsettled Waters: Old West Meets New West in Women's Colorado River Boating Narratives

Iperstoria, 2016
In the foreword to Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico (1914), Owen Wister, the famed Western writer, describes Ellsworth and Emory Kolb’s historic voyage down the Colorado River in language ripe with Western overtones.
Paul Formisano
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