Colorado River as 2 billion years. The of the river that flow through the Grand Canyon are largely encompassed by Grand Canyon National Park and are known for their difficult whitewater, separated by pools that reach up to in depth. At the lower end of Grand Canyon, the Colorado widens into Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the continental United States, formed by Hoover Dam on the border of Arizona and Nevada. Situated southeast of metropolitan Las Vegas, the dam is an integral component for management of the Colorado River, controlling floods and storing water for farms and cities in the lower
Risks to the Glen Canyon Dam Dam forming Lake Havasu, Palo Verde Dam, and other dams and reservoirs. Because Glen Canyon Dam is also the central element of the Colorado River Storage Project, a failure may, depending on the volumes of water released and the damage caused, limit or completely cut off water supply to residences or farmlands along the Colorado River, and even into southern California depending on damage to canal headworks. The failure of Glen Canyon Dam would also destroy up to 964 known archaeological sites, including 264 that it currently affects in the Grand Canyon. Risks to the Glen Canyon Dam Glen Canyon