Research topic: All-American Canal

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All-American Canal

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
All-American Canal 80 mi (129 km) long, SE Calif.; part of the federal irrigation system of the Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1940 across the Colorado Desert, the canal is entirely within the United States and replaces the Inter-California Canal, which passes through Mexico. The Imperial Dam, NE of Yuma, Ariz., diverts water from the Colorado River into the All-American Canal, which runs W to Calexico, Calif. Smaller canals move water into the Imperial Valley; the Coachella Canal branches NW to the Coachella Valley. This canal system irrigates more than 630,000 acres (254,961 hectares) and... Read more
Erie Canal
...it forms the New York State Canal System . After the American Revolution, the need for an all-American water route between the Great...lent his political support. A canal commission, including Clinton...Eddy, recommended (1811) a canal to Lake Erie rather than to Lake Ontario. The ... Read more
Coachella Valley
...the Salton Sea. Water is brought into the region by artesian wells and by the Coachella Canal (123 mi/198 km long), a branch of the All-American Canal built between 1938 and 1948; more than 100,000 acres (40,500 hectares) have been irrigated... Read more

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Free Article "Robo" en ciernes.(oposición a construcción de canal entre California, Baja California)
Free Article Water transfers, canal lining project advance with rulings.(cequ/nepa)
Free Article MEXICAN GOVERNMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS OPPOSE U.S. DECISION TO MOVE AHEAD WITH RESURFACING CANAL IN CALIFORNIA.

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