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The Colorado Problem
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The Colorado Problem

Feb 8, 2022
1h 37m
★ 0.0

A River in the Red

Overview

The Colorado River is the foundation of the American Southwest. But the confluence of a once-in-a-millennium drought, a hundred-year-old mistake, and a generations-old conflict have put the river-–and the civilization built atop it––in crisis, and at a crossroads. As the southwest continues to grow, and the river continues to shrink, time is running out to solve the problem of the Colorado.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Wendover Productions
Nebula

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Cast

Sam Denby

Narrator

Sam Denby

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