Monday, January 19, 2009

inequality at the border

A map using water as an allegory to portray inequality at the border. With 29 dams and numerous diversion projects, the Colorado River is merely a trickle before reaching the Sea of Cortez. Mexico's legal entitlements to the river's annual flow is less than 11%. After the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam, the Colorado River water flow dropped from 85,000cfs t 30,000cfs.


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