Colorado River near Lees Ferry (IMAGE)

Bureau of Reclamation

Colorado River near Lees Ferry

Caption

The Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam before you arrive at Lees Ferry. A new study has found that the Colorado River experienced a severe drought impacting the upper Colorado River Basin in the second century.

Credit

Bureau of Reclamation/Alexander Stephens

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