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The West without Water documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions abou
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"Illuminating." --New York Times WIRED's Required Science Reading 2016 When we think of water in the West, we think of conflict and crisis. Yet despite decades
A Thirsty Land
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Authors: Seamus McGraw
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-11 - Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM

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The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Over its cours