Colorado River Basin megadrought caused by massive 86% decline in snowpack runoff
By A Mystery Man Writer
Last updated 22 Sept 2024
The Colorado River Basin provides freshwater to more than 40 million people within the semi-arid southwestern United States, including major cities such as Las Vegas and Los Angeles. However, between 2000 and 2021 the basin experienced a megadrought (a severe drought lasting multiple decades), which researchers have suggested likely would not have occurred if it were not for anthropogenic climate change. In particular, during 2020 and 2021, the river basin recorded the driest 20-month period since 1895 and the lowest river flow since 1906.
The Colorado River Basin is currently experiencing a megadrought, which is a prolonged and severe drought that lasts for decades or even centuries. This megadrought has been caused by a massive 86%
Colorado River Basin has lost water equal to
PDF) Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation
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Colorado River Basin – Page 6 – Coyote Gulch
New Study Projects Severe Water Shortages in the Colorado River Basin - Inside Climate News
Climate change will force big shift in timing, amount of snowmelt across Colorado River Basin
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Big snowpack brings boost for drought-ravaged Colorado River - Los Angeles Times
Transmountain/transbasin diversions – Page 3 – Coyote Gulch
Snowpack on track for normal year with a month to go, good news for Colorado River
Colorado River basin has lost water equal to lake mead due to climate change
Big snowpack brings boost for drought-ravaged Colorado River - Los Angeles Times
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