The Colorado River Compact
The Colorado River Compact
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科罗拉多河契约
DOI：
10.2307/789800
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发表时间：
1923
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通讯作者：
R. L. Olson
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作者：
W. C. Mullendore;R. L. Olson
随着20世纪的到来，科罗拉多河的广阔区域几乎完全没有受到影响。虽然早在19世纪末，就有一些人申请改道，并修建了一条“大沟”，将16英里外的大陆分水岭输送到科罗拉多州东部，但加州的帝国河谷是最早挖掘这条河真正潜力的地区之一。1901年初，由私人公司开发的60英里长的阿拉莫运河竣工，用于输送科罗拉多河的灌溉用水，一片荒地被改造了。但帝国谷并不是一帆风顺的。大约50英里的运河流经墨西哥，让山谷的农民们任由外国政府摆布。1905年，洪水肆虐的河流侵蚀了运河的开口，咆哮着穿过并创造了索尔顿海，然后河流被推回了正常的水道。
As the 20th century dawned, the vast domain of the Colorado River lay almost entirely untouched. Though there had been a few early filings for diversion and a "grand ditch" conveying water some 16 miles across the Continental Divide into eastern Colorado in the late 1800s, California's Imperial Valley was among the first areas to tap the river's true potential. In early 1901, the 60 mile long Alamo Canal, developed by private concerns, was completed to deliver Colorado River water for irrigation, and a wasteland was transformed. But the Imperial Valley did not move ahead without problems. About 50 miles of the canal coursed through Mexico, leaving the valley faarmers at the mercy of a foreign government. And in 1905, the river, raging with floods, eroded the opening to the canal, roared through and created the Salton Sea before the river was pushed back into its normal channel .