The Colorado River
What is the length of the Colorado River?
What is 1,450 miles?
What is Yuma known for growing?
What is lettuce?
Who were the first to use the Colorado River for farming?
Who are the Quechan Indians?
When did construction on the Laguna Dam start?
What is July 19, 1905?
What does the Laguna Dam help protect today?
What is the Imperial Dam?
What major event happened in 1862 related to the Colorado River?
What is the river washed away the town of Yuma?
How many people live in Yuma today?
What is around 100,000 people?
In what year did the Quechan Indians start farming near the Colorado River?
What is around the year 1000?
What type of dam is Laguna Dam?
What is a rockfill weir?
How has the role of the Laguna Dam changed over the years?
What is it now helps with water diversion more than it originally did?
How did the Colorado River help shape the land before the dam was built?
What is it created deep canyons and sometimes flooded?
What celebration happens every January in Yuma?
What is Yuma Lettuce Days?
What did the Laguna Diversion Dam help start in Yuma?
What is modern farming?
What material was mostly used to build the Laguna Dam?
What is rocks?
What is one impact of the Laguna Dam on natural river areas?
What is it changed the natural flow of the river?
Where does the Colorado River flow from and to?
What is from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California?
How does the Laguna Dam help farmers in Yuma?
What is it provides water for crops?
When was the Laguna Diversion Dam opened?
What is in 1909?
What is the purpose of the Laguna Dam?
What is to keep water steady for farms?
Why is the dam important for farming?
What is it provides necessary water for crops?
Why was the Colorado River important for survival in Yuma?
What is it provided water for drinking and farming?
Which crops are commonly grown in Yuma?
What are wheat, cotton, lemons, and lettuce?
Why is the history of the Quechan Indians significant in Yuma?
What is they were the first farmers in the area?
How did workers move materials to the dam site?
What is by using trucks and other equipment?
What does the canal connected to the Laguna Dam do?
What is it carries water to farms in California and Arizona?