Colorado River, recently seen in news, is located in which country?

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 19 August 2021

Colorado River, recently seen in news, is located in which country?

A. India

B. China

C. US

D. Japan

Explanation:

The federal government declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows. The Colorado River Basin is divided into the Upper (Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and northern Arizona) and Lower Basins (parts of Nevada, Arizona, California, southwestern Utah and western New Mexico).

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