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was designed to irrigate Yuma County Arizona And part of California and thus to exploit to the maximum the agricultural activities of the place using as main source of water the Colorado River. The project began in the year of 1903 and with the a series of geographic, environmental and logistical challenges that the workers had to overcome to complete this project which would become the main driver of development in the city. The geography of Arizona was a very important factor during…

This program differs from its long established and more robust from the larger Arizona State University in many ways. Most notably is the cadet to instructor ratio. ASU currently has multiple instructors’ per cadet rear group, while GCU currently only has 2 instructors for all four year groups. This unfortunate cadet to instructor ratio…

River and pumps it hundreds of miles to cities in southern Arizona. The Colorado River is an important part to ecosystems that lie along the river, so it is crucial that we preserve the river. Over 10 major dams have been built along the Colorado River. The Navajo Generating Station is similar to a dam because of the amount of water it uses. The problem with these dams is that they lose alarming amounts of water due to evaporation. Arizona is a dry and hot state, so when water gets pooled…

Arizona the Place to Be Arizona is the place that a lot of people have been born and raised in, but not all of those people that have lived in Arizona know about their state. People may know a little of Arizona’s famous sites and places, but they do not know about Arizona before they lived in it. People that go to school and live close to the Grand Canyon know so little about the famous site, that they are embarrassed to admit it. People talking about relative location, what they mean…

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park - one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. View from the South Rim. The longstanding scientific consensus has been that the canyon was created by the Colorado River…

The Colorado River transects the Colorado Plateau. The Colorado River is ranked the fifth largest river in the United States, and is often referred to as the Nile of North America. This nickname describes its arid location and the vast human population that relies upon it (Kammerer, 2005). Despite its size, fluctuations in Colorado River stream flow are sensitive to the seasonal and annual changes in precipitation and temperature typical in arid systems. Long periods of below-average…

Even though they were not too far away from the Chumash groups, they faced a completely different climate and environment. The Hopi people occupied what is now the northeastern part of Arizona. A majority of this area is considered to be a desert climate. This dry climate allowed for the homes to have many unique features. The houses were a rectangular shape and construction started with the placement of rectangular stones in the rectangular…

The Apache are an interesting Native American tribe. One interesting part of their culture is the baskets they create. The uses of their baskets, as well as their design and materials, are somewhat unique to them. While these baskets aren’t made anymore, they are still an interesting sight to behold. Most of the original baskets were made of willow sprouts, which are normally white. These willow sprouts were dried for use by the sun, creating its yellow color. Other materials included devilsclaw…

When they graduate 50% of my friend and are going to california. I want to go travel the world and my first stop will be California because they have some amazing attractions. Cali has amazing beaches,beautiful palm trees,and the shops are to die for. Plus they have some good colleges to go to out there. I have family down there and they say that the food is out of this world. Do you like the beaches because I do. I agree that it has its pros and cons but in my opinion there are more pros…

Did you know about an indian tribe that lived in northern California? The Shasta Native Americans lived in northern California and Oregon. At the top of the map in purple is where they lived. They were already there when a spanish explorer claimed the land for Spain in the mid-1500s. They lived in cedar bark teepees and grass mat houses in the summer and winter pit houses in the winter. I made a winter pit house. The cedar bark teepees were semi-permanent shelters with very long strips of…