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Glen Canyon: A Dam, Water and the West.
| Grade Levels: | 6 - 12 |
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| Core Subject(s): | Social Studies |
| Length: | 00:56:04 |
| Website: | https://www.uen.org/emedia |
| Usage rights: | Download and retain personal copies in perpetuity. |
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Straddling the Utah-Arizona border, the Glen Canyon Dam rises over 700 feet from solid bedrock to block the flow of the Colorado River. Behind its wall of five-million yards of concrete are the waters of Lake Powell. Storing enough water to meet the needs of almost thirty million families for a year, it is one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the world. This program offers a comprehensive history of the dam from early compromises between the government and environmental activists to archaeological efforts to document the history of Glen Canyon.
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