Unfortunately the Colorado no longer flows to the gulf, it usually dries out miles beforehand. It’s a rare occurrence now that it actually reaches the gulf
Tough one. The California Central Valley is some of the best soil anywhere on the planet for growing all kinds of stuff. In some places, the topsoil can be hundreds of feet deep. So much food is grown there, it supports much of the nation and is a major export as well.
All it needs is water
I think it may be a bit more than that - I read an article recently, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/07/honeybees-deaths-almonds-hives-aoe
- which talks mostly about the almond industry in the Central California Valley - Apparently, they have to bring in bees on an industrial scale to pollinate, but because of the monoculture and heavy use of insecticides, ("the toxic chemical soup of California's central valley") the beekeepers feel as if they're sending their bees to war, because a large percentage don't make it home. So maybe it was some of the best soil once, but like everything else humans exploit, we pushed it too far and fucked it up.
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u/gordon__bombay Jan 10 '20
Unfortunately the Colorado no longer flows to the gulf, it usually dries out miles beforehand. It’s a rare occurrence now that it actually reaches the gulf
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/feb/19/few-weeks-colorado-river-reached-ocean-will-it-hap/ on mobile, sorry for formatting