Water System Quotes



Rivers that wind and do not follow a straight course actually change the course and the location of the center of the river bed with surprising rapidity. Some bends of the Colorado river system have moved 50 miles since the late 19th century when the first agreements and laws were made about borders, rights to water, jurisdiction, etc. Due to the centrifugal force of the flowing water on the river banks at the curved bends of the river those bends extend outward and the river bed follows.