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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RIO GRANDE

You can't be unhappy in the middle of a big beautiful river
Photo by Len Radin

START TO FINISH

  • Start: Colorado
  • End: Gulf of Mexico
  • 1,885 miles
  • 3,034 kilometers

SOCIAL IMPACTS

  • Irrigation for Cottonwood trees
  • Jobs at the dam
  • Train Transportation

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS

  • Water quality is decreasing
  • Mineral deposits
  • Reduced nutrient flow
Photo by Yersinia

ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS

  • Trout decline
  • Infectious diseases on the border
  • Mining
Photo by arwensouth

RIO GRANDE

BY: AMBER HULSCHER