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One of the largest geographic physical structures in the United States is the Colorado River. Human activity and its interaction with this great river have an interesting history. The resources provided by the river have been used by humans, and caused conflict for human populations as well. One of these conflicts is water distribution, and the effects drought conditions have played in this distribution throughout the southwestern region. Major cities such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and other communities in the southwest depend on the river. It provides water for over 20 million people, irrigation for 2 million acres of land, four thousand megawatts of hydroelectric energy, and over twenty million annual visitors for

Chaco Canyon, located in what is New Mexico today, closer to Arizona, is one of the archeological sites with many hypothesis and conclusions full of contradiction because of its complexity of what was happening there during Chaco’s economical peak. It is one of the prehistorical places that hold the history of the humans and how complex the organization between social, religious and economical was. The remains of the amazing tall and complex buildings surrounded with roads helped the archeologists to hypothesize the use of those buildings and those roads that surrounded them.

Arizona brings to mind Spanish style villas scattered below the desert mountains, towering saguaro cacti planted along the quieter roads, suburbs and large cities with many diverse individuals inhabiting them, and Christmas lights and décor strung across a snowless green and rocky ground. For nearly 5 years, I have lived in the state of Arizona. Within the first minute of stepping out of the airport, the climate and weather was extremely notable. Amid Monsoon season, it felt nearly equivalent to putting my face directly in an oven that had been active for more than enough hours. But excluding the late spring and summer months, the fall and winter season are considerably temperate and pleasant. The fall is ideal for long strolls with family, sporting nothing warmer more than a flannel shirt, at most. The winter does become cold throughout night, but there is

This is Arizona, a state that is well known for its desert Basin and Range region. Its state nicknames are The Grand Canyon Region, The Copper State, The Valentine State, and The Apache State. These nicknames mean and were chosen because the Grand Canyon was located in Arizona, copper was in abundance, Arizona’s date of statehood was February 14(Valentine’s Day), 1912 and the Apache Indians inhabited Arizona at the time. These nicknames were chosen on 1959. Its state motto, “Ditat Deus”(God enriches), was chosen in 1863 because Arizona is abundant in many things. Arizona’s admission date was February 14, 1912 as the 48th state.

Phoenix is the largest capital city of the U.S state of Arizona. It has the population of 1,563,025 people (as of 2015) and it is the sixth most populous city in U.S which is considered the most populous state capital in the United States. It has the population of more than 1 million residents. Phoenix comes under the metropolitan area known as the Valley of the Sun, which is a part of the Salt River Valley. Phoenix budget follows overall zero based budget format in which government starts with zero every fiscal year.

It is quite a remarkable journey that Arizona embarked upon to make it the forty-eight state of the United States of America. On February 14, 2012 it became an integral part of this new found world of democracy and freedom. Along with its vast cultures and heated temperatures, the architectural design of the city is a pure reflection of the inhabitants who were established here before to make it their own homeland. This essay will examine the road to statehood and analyze the events to make Arizona become a state.

Arizona has an incredibly large dependence on the Colorado River and groundwater. In fact, 39% of all water usage in Arizona is comprised of Colorado River water. Any dependence of that scale on any resource that originates in another area is always a major risk, as any major disaster or drastic change to the source of the river can cripple the state’s water supply. Furthermore, while Arizona does house the majority of the Lower Basin of the Colorado, the Colorado’s Upper Basin is shared between 4 other states, all with their own water needs and all with a susceptibility to drought. On the other hand, another 40% of all water Arizona uses is from groundwater sources. However, the Colorado River and these groundwater sources in the Colorado River basins have lost over 65 cubic kilometers of water over the last 9 years, with nearly 2/3 of it from groundwater loss due to over-pumping. This is because

One of the many things that irrigation changed Yuma was by it expanded Yuma’s population by 80%. Yuma used to be a very unpopulated area. Phoenix, Tucson, and Las Vegas have the biggest basin.” One of the biggest reasons on how Yuma got very populated was because of the project called Yuma Project. For this project to get authorized President Theodore Roosevelt turned the abandoned Fort Yuma Military Reservation, in Arizona, over to the newly formed Reclamation Service for the development of irrigation projects.”

How did irrigation change Yuma/Southern Arizona, it did so in many different ways. During the 1900’s a little town in Arizona called Yuma had a fairly big waterway and canal project called the “Yuma project” the Yuma project’s main purpose was to explore year round farming conditions and also irrigate a substantial amount of land so all or most of the crop fields would not go dry and die. A lot of this project was levees, canals, and drains moving the water to places it needed to be such as dry crop fields and farms and such or just places that needed water in general. 20 years after the water from the colorado river was applied to land in Wellton, Yuma, Blythe areas the result of the movement was that a lot of

Arizona part of New Mexico colony, Phoenix to South was controlled by Mexican region of Sonora, Arizona natives were nomadic

Intro: The irrigation of Yuma County Arizona has helped the people out so much with the way they live, especially in some areas. There for it actually saved a lot of people time and money and even some lives. Before the dam it was hard to keep control of the water and the ground around it would erode around it so you could not build or grow there. But once they got the dam up they could start more growing food and more homes and it actually brought more people around. So there are a few ways that helped Yuma Arizona and made it a little more better. But there was only one downside to it, the steamboats could not be used anymore.

Yuma used a lot of water for their crops to grow healthy and good. The Colorado River Siphon was built in 1912. They transported water from all California to Arizona. They used a lot of technology. They had soil issues. The farmers spent $300,000 on equipment in two years. The would spend there money on different crops and techniques. The bridge that was completed in 1877 was 187 feet long. The sprinklers helped the seeds grow. They would germinate in heat. The land use to cost ten dollars an acre it would just depend on how close it was to the river and how much they wanted. Yuma’s important years were 1858 and 1859. They were important because they bought permanent presidents, a new streamer. And the discovery of gold on the Gila. On June 17, 1902 is when National Reclamation

Arizona, which is perhaps most known for the mile-deep chasm within the state called the Grand Canyon, is located in the southwestern part of the United States, bordering Mexico. This state’s terrain is made up of dry plains, mountain ranges, deserts and forests. Arizona’s location makes it susceptible to drug trafficking from Mexico. Arizona is ranked second, beyond Texas only, when it comes to the total amount of seized illicit drugs. Read below to learn more about Arizona and their specific drug, alcohol and mental illness problems:

Arizona continues to add jobs at a very fast pace, comparing the 2nd quarter of 2012 to the same quarter in 2013. During the last year, hospitality, leisure, and construction added the most employment with each one increasing by over 10,000 positions (Hammond, 2013). Health services, professional and business services, financial activities, and education are in the top five and represent 85% of job gains. Arizona’s economy is still making very solid economic growth and continues to improve (Hammond, 2013).

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