Why is the Colorado River such a hot commodity?
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It represents a large portion of the water available to the southwest and southern California.  Lots of people need lots of water, and this region doesn't have much water other than the Colorado River drainage.
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Because copper is in great demand especially in China. For example look up the symbols PCU and FCX and you'll see the steady rise in stock prices based upon copper demand.
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In Denver. This is because at higher elevations there is less pressure in the atmosphere, so the water boils at a lower temperature.
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because they got moisture locked inside that expands with the heat ,\nand it is why some rocks are very dangerous to heat for saunas for example.\nfor that you need river boulders which do not explode but get red hot ,like iron.\n\nSlate on the other hand is loosely compacted .\nonce made a barbecue out of slate ,when we fired it up ,was like a machine gun every body ran for their lives\nbits of slate whizzing past our ears ,which exploded with loud cracks from the barbecue walls\n\nWATER BREAKING rocks ,can be utilized to advantage  if you want to cut sand stone into building blocks .\ndrill little holes in a line and hammer wooden sticks into these ,then pour water over them and after a while a huge block is cut of the mountain ,which is cut into smaller blocks below,with chisels, the size of building blocks \n\nthe sticks expand with the water and so great is the collective force that it splits the rock on the line of the drilled holes.
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Geography sites for mountains and vegetation... let's see....  Well, Colorado has a lot of mountains, as do Switzerland and Chile.  From each of these, we get wheat, hops, and grapes.\n\nHope that helps!
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Chili is hot because it contains a molecule called capsaicin. More about capsaicin at the source below:
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I am not really familiar with mountain river fishing, but I'll go out on a limb and say that if there isn't a lot of catfish, then maybe the water is too cool where you are fishing.Cats are warm water lovers for the most part (unless you are fishing for blues in the winter) so maybe try a river system that is a little warmer.A writer, who was obviously smarter than me, cause I can't recall his name, said that catfish and trout don't mix, so if you are fishing a trout stream, try fishing farther downstream where the river warms up.
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Gold's resistance to corrosion is one of the properties that make it so valuable.
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cause the river was  a meaning of life\n\n:> peace\n.
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the Colorado River starts in the Rocky Mountains National Park. The river's course follows the Kewuneeche Valley to Shadow Mountain Reservoir then flows into Lake Granby.
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The cost of copper has skyrocketed. As we reach the end of the oil age things are going to get more and more expensive.
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Love it. Although I don't own a detector at this time.Best treasure story I've heard is the one about somewhere in the the salt river there were some bandit's who stole a bunch of gold chalices from churches and crosses they got caught in a flash flood and were drowned in the salt river possibly in the phoenix area somewhere in the river bottom lies the booty.The salt river is dry in many places certain times of the year which allows great treasure hunting.The river is also home to hundreds of thousand people who inner-tube it in the summer.Great for finding spilled booty from cooler's that had valuables placed in them and then spilled upside down in the fast moving water.
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The rivers are cresting and there is a lot of standing ground water that will slowly be absorbed or drain off.
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permenant streams can get their water from underground springs/aquifers, melting ice or snow from high elevation mountains or glaciers, or the drainage of a large landmass.
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Yes, and we are.  Palm Springs, Phoenix, Tucson, etc.  Most of their water comes from Colorado (that's why Colorado doesn't have enough) via the Colorado River and diversion projects.
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Colorado is great!  300+ days of sunshine a year. Clear blue skies. No high humidity, so nothing gets moldy, or mildewed, and cereal/chips don't get soggy.  There are very few bugs compared to other places. No earthquakes or hurricanes, and very few tornados. In most of the state it doesn't get too hot or too cold. Even when it is below zero, it is sunny and crisp and beautiful.  \n\nWater availability is a big issue - developers are supposed to be able to guarantee a 100 year water supply before building new houses (up to 300 yrs in some counties), and that totally gets blown off, so along the front range (eastern edge of mtns) even the deep wells will be dry in a few years, and there is going to be a big crisis.\n\nBut living here is wonderful... Black Canyon of the Gunnison; well maintained trails for skiing, biking, and hiking; native american ruins; Garden of the Gods; Red Rocks ampitheatre; dinosaur fossils; elk and big cats; opera houses and art and history museums; several pro sports teams; wineries and brew pubs; rustic mining towns; artist communities...  everything except the ocean!
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Depends on who you ask.  There are many different theories.  But what everyone does agree on is that for a very long time the Colorado Plateu was under water.