Over the last century, the river's flow has dropped by 20 percent, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. A photo shows the Colorado River from above and a dried river bed. The ...

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For decades, so much water has been diverted to supply farms and cities that the Colorado River has seldom met the sea and much of its delta in Mexico has been reduced to a dry riverbed ...