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Geography 1011: Homework 3 - Colorado River Landscapes and Water, Assignments of Philosophy

University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)Philosophy

Instructions and questions for homework #3 of the geography 1011: landscapes and water course, focusing on the colorado river. Students are required to watch two videos about the colorado river basin and answer questions related to the river's natural drainage, water allocation, and recent efforts to restore water flow to the delta. Questions cover topics such as the name of the water body the colorado river naturally drains into, the reasons for the river's inability to reach the sea, the number of u.s. States that depend on the river's water, and the implications of dry years on reservoirs like lake powell.

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Geography 1011 - Landscapes and Water
Fall 2022
Homework #3
Due date:
This homework is due by 5 pm Mountain time on November 2nd.
Submit your homework as a pdf or a word document (we cannot grade it if it the homework is a
pages file or any other file) to receive credit for the homework.
Make sure to write your answers in your own words.
Write short answers to the questions in your own words.
Part 1:
Questions 1 and 2 refer to the 8 min. movie Into the Delta: A Study of the Colorado River Basin:
https://vimeo.com/300184558 also available here: https://videopress.com/v/EozyFIC5
Question 1
a) What is the name of the water body into which the Colorado River naturally drains? Today,
approximately how many miles from that water body does the river end?
b) What is the reason for the Colorado River no longer reaching the sea?
Question 2
a) How many U.S. States depend on water from the Colorado River and its tributaries?
b) When the river’s water was allocated among these States, what was the estimated average
annual flow of the Colorado River? What is the current average annual flow of the Colorado
River?
c) In 2018, how much Colorado River water reached Lake Powell and how much was released
downstream from the dam?
d) In a sentence or two, please discuss the possible implications of multiple dry years like 2018
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Geography 1011 - Landscapes and Water

Fall 2022

Homework

Due date:

This homework is due by 5 pm Mountain time on November 2nd.

Submit your homework as a pdf or a word document (we cannot grade it if it the homework is a

pages file or any other file) to receive credit for the homework.

Make sure to write your answers in your own words.

Write short answers to the questions in your own words.

Part 1:

Questions 1 and 2 refer to the 8 min. movie Into the Delta: A Study of the Colorado River Basin :

https://vimeo.com/300184558 also available here: https://videopress.com/v/EozyFIC

Question 1 a) What is the name of the water body into which the Colorado River naturally drains? Today, approximately how many miles from that water body does the river end? b) What is the reason for the Colorado River no longer reaching the sea? Question 2 a) How many U.S. States depend on water from the Colorado River and its tributaries? b) When the river’s water was allocated among these States, what was the estimated average annual flow of the Colorado River? What is the current average annual flow of the Colorado River? c) In 2018, how much Colorado River water reached Lake Powell and how much was released downstream from the dam? d) In a sentence or two, please discuss the possible implications of multiple dry years like 2018

on the ability of reservoirs like Lake Powell to meet water demands downstream. Part 2: Questions 3 - 5 refer to the 10 min. movie RENEWAL - A Reborn Colorado River Once Again Finds Her Path to the Sea : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TODV7FW746s Question 3 a) What did the historic agreement reached in 2012 between Mexico and the U.S. make a priority? b) In March 2014, what natural event was mimicked with help from this binational agreement? Question 4 What were some of the community and environmental responses to the event? Question 5 Water has not returned to the Colorado River Delta since this 2014 event. Another agreement was signed in 2017, but water has yet to be released. In a few sentences, please discuss the possible challenges and benefits to allocating annual water releases to the Colorado River Delta.