From Las Vegas we travelled to the Grand Canyon. On the way we stopped to look at the Hoover Dam.
The Hoover Dam was completed in 1936. It is in two states, Arizona and Nevada. In 1936 it cost $49 US to build. It is 221 metres high and 399 metres long. It dams across the Colorado river and creates lake mead. Lake Mead is the reservoir and it is used for water storage and power as well as flood control
The last few years, California, Arizona and Nevada have been in drought. The levels of Lake Mead are so low that even with small rainfall it is not able to get back to the levels that Nevada and Arizona need. There are lots of ways that they are trying to save water.
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