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Overview | What happened to the once lush, now desert-like Colorado River Delta? | Season 2 | Episode 5 | PBS

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This episode explores the mystery of the vanishing Colorado River Delta. Once a lifeline for the American Southwest, it's now a shadow of its former self. What happened? Outdated water laws? Excessive urban development and agriculture? Is there a possibility for restoration? Let's investigate.

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Colorado-River
Delta
Desertification
Water-Scarcity
Environment
Climate-Change
Ecology
Conservation
Habitat-Loss
Restoration
Geography
Hydrology
Nature
Human-Impact
Overview

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