What
has the river meant to communities in the Lower Basin?
MAP
OF WATERSHED OF THE Lower BASIN.
Auto Ferry across the Colorado
at Parker
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How
are they connected
to the river?
Mohave
Indians Jaranal and Ooach pose in front of a delivery line at intake
plant of Metropolitan Water District. The Mohave gave the name "Havasu,"
meaning "blue," to the lake behind Parker Dam.
Photograph by Will Fox, 1939.
Courtesy of Metropolitan Water District.
Religion,
culture, history, and the economy shape Lower Basin relationships
with the river. To some the Colorado River is a boundary; to others
it is a source for power generation, transportation, and recreation;
to still others it provides a commodity to increase tourism. Lower
Basin communities reflect a diversity of physical and meaningful attachments
to the river.
Laughlin,
Nevada
Parker,
Arizona
Boulder
City, Nevada
Silver
City, New Mexico
Yuma, Arizona
Imperial
Valley, California
Lee's Ferry,
Arizona
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