River/stream
Aqueduct/canal
A map shows course of the Colorado River through the California desert.

NEV.

Las Vegas

Lake

Mead

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT

OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Colorado

River

CALIF.

Los Angeles

LOWER

BASIN

La Quinta

ARIZ.

Salton

Sea

IMPERIAL

IRRIGATION

DISTRICT

San Diego

50 MILES

A map shows course of the Colorado River through the California desert.

NEV.

Las Vegas

Lake

Mead

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Colorado

River

CALIF.

Los Angeles

LOWER

BASIN

La Quinta

Salton

Sea

IMPERIAL

IRRIGATION

DISTRICT

ARIZ.

San Diego

50 MILES

Sean Greene LOS ANGELES TIMES