Photo: NASA Marshall, 2017 Photo (Some rights reserved)
Google Maps
goo.gl/maps/yaEu1piwrvRjxRJy8
Wikipedia: Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River, straddling the border between Utah and Arizona (most of it, along with Rainbow Bridge, is in Utah). It is a major vacation spot that around two million people visit every year. It is the second largest fabricated reservoir by maximum water capacity in the United States behind Lake Mead, storing 24,322,069 acre feet // 3.0000830×1010 m3 of water when full. However, due to high water withdrawals for human and agricultural consumption, and because of subsequent droughts in the area, Lake Powell is currently larger than Lake Mead in terms of volume of water currently held, depth and surface area.
Questions // Preguntas
- How do we better understand issues in this watershed? // ¿Cómo entendemos mejor los problemas en esta cuenca?
Headlines
What is Lake Powell? Why is it important?
Geologic feature collapses at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
The Western megadrought is revealing America’s ‘lost national park’ – NPR
Elsewhere on the Web
lakepowelllife.com
Lake Powell and the Rincon
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Glen Canyon Institute – Facebook
Water Level
waterdata.usgs.gov
lakepowell.water-data.com
nps.gov/glca/learn/changing-lake-levels.htm
Alstrom Point
alstrompoint.com
Videos
Glen Canyon Dam is Doomed by Climate Change and Must Be Decommissioned
Wikipedia
Lake Powell
Features
Planeta.com