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Al Jazeera
Environment
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Megan O'Toole

Five key things to know about the Colorado River

The Colorado River flows through Horseshoe Bend in Page, Arizona, February 2023 [Jillian Kestler-D'Amours/Al Jazeera]

Durango, Colorado, US – As the western United States faces historic drought, communities across the region are grappling with how to save the Colorado River, a key waterway that feeds some of the country’s largest cities but is in crisis.

Water levels have dropped to record lows, threatening the two largest reservoirs in the US – Lake Mead and Lake Powell – and the many millions of people who rely on the river.

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