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Show __3__ (6) Compacts Between States. (7) The Seven States Compact. (a) The Reason for the Seven States Compact. (8) The Tri-State Compact. (9) The Boulder Dam Project Act. (10) The Mexican Burden. (11) The Parker-Gila Project. (1) The Colorado River System This term is used in the Seven State Compact. It means the main Colorado River, together with its tributaries. (2) The Colorado River Basin Again this term is used in the Seven State Compact. It means all the drainage area of the Colorado River System, and all other territory within the United States to which the waters of the Colorado River shall be beneficially applied. The states in the River Basin are Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Nevada. (3) The Upper Basin The Upper Basin includes those parts of four states whose waters drain into the Colorado River. They are Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico. (4) The Lower Basin The Lower Basin includes Arizona, California, and Nevada. It should be noted that Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah are partly in both basins. The reason for this is, as you will see by looking at a map of the River, that a small part of the Gila is in New Mexico; a part of the San Juan is in Utah and New Mexico, and a part of the Virgin is in Utah and Nevada. The dividing line in the apportionment of waters between the Upper and Lower Basin as made by the Seven State Campact, is at Lee's Ferry, which is near the north line of Arizona. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |
