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Geography Colorado River


Geographers can tell you that the one thing that most rivers and their adjacent
flood plains in the world have in common is that they have rich histories
associated with human settlement and development. This especially true in arid
regions which are very dependent upon water. Two excellent examples are the
Nile and the Tigris-Euphrates rivers which show use the relationship between
rivers and concentrations of people. However, the Colorado River is not such a
good example along most segments of its course. There is no continuous
transportation system that parallels the rivers course, and settlements are
clustered. The rugged terrain and entrenched river channels are the major
reasons for sparse human settlement. We ask ourselves, did the Colorado River
help or hinder settlement in the Western United States?
As settlers began to move westward, the Southwest was considered to be a
place to avoid. Few considered it a place to traverse, to......

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