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... California to southern California , at $ 240,000,000 ; and the Central Arizona Water Project at $ 527,000,000 . A follow - up project , to build dams and reservoirs on certain rivers in northern California and bring the water south by ...
... California to southern California , at $ 240,000,000 ; and the Central Arizona Water Project at $ 527,000,000 . A follow - up project , to build dams and reservoirs on certain rivers in northern California and bring the water south by ...
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... California for about 20 million years . The first European to see the redwoods was Don Gaspar de Portola , a Spaniard leading an expedition up the coast of California in 1769. The great redwood belt was undisturbed , however , until the ...
... California for about 20 million years . The first European to see the redwoods was Don Gaspar de Portola , a Spaniard leading an expedition up the coast of California in 1769. The great redwood belt was undisturbed , however , until the ...
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... California coast . There are only 700 or 800 sea otters left in California , though about double that many are in the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge . The sea otter possesses a fur that is unbelievably dense and soft . The ...
... California coast . There are only 700 or 800 sea otters left in California , though about double that many are in the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge . The sea otter possesses a fur that is unbelievably dense and soft . The ...
Contents
An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
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