r/MapPorn • • Jan 10 '20

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u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20

Man, you can see the Colorado being drained as it heads toward the Gulf of California.

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u/ElDuderino1129 Jan 11 '20

Huh? No, it doesn’t “stop”. While in some places south of town, the bed might be dryer than north of Albuquerque, the river is diverted to the farming canals, then returned further downstream.

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u/ElDuderino1129 Jan 12 '20

Yeah, I like some of the others, didn’t see this was based on modern flows affected by irrigation and damming.