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> Not sure if you read the history section of the wikipedia article but it was intentional: you're mis-reading the history there. Water was diverted into the a
by scarby2 3y ago
> Not sure if you read the history section of the wikipedia article but it was intentional:
you're mis-reading the history there. Water was diverted into the area to use as irrigation for farming, at this point there was no sea nor was anything on that scale intended.
It wasn't until the heavy rains and unintentional diversion of the Colorado that the sea formed.
- NegativeLatency 3y agoMy quibble is with the statement from the article: "it actually started out as an accident", it's just not good reporting. It didn't start as an accident, there was a prehistoric lake there, occasionally inhabited. Because of the lake that used to be there the area has fertile soil. Humans diverted water there intentionally for farming. Some people profited off of this and have left residents and others to deal with health effects and pick up the tab of dealing with the problem.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoThe problem is that the area is returning to it's natrual evironment. Some people profited and while they did so, they incidentaly did everyone a favor by preventing the harms that mother nature would do in their absence. IF not for the accident, most of the lake wouldn't exist as it does today.