The Colorado River Delta is the region where the Colorado River once flowed into the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez) in eastern Mexicali Municipality in the north of the state of Baja California, in northwestern Mexico.

Dec 18, 2014 · The Colorado River Delta Turned Green After a Historic Water Pulse. The experimental flow briefly restored the ancient waterway and may have created new habitat for birds

Jul 31, 2019 · Colorado River Basin. Restoring the Colorado River Delta. Most of the Colorado River's water is used up by farms and cities before reaching the sea. What's being done to return water, and life, to the Delta?

Aug 17, 2021 · On Monday the US government for the first time declared a water shortage along the dams and reservoirs fed by the Colorado River. The announcement triggered water cuts, which will begin in...

Feb 1, 2002 · These days, in normal years, the Colorado's last drops evaporate in the Sonoran Desert, miles before the river reaches the sea. The dams aren't going away, but some now say it's time for the delta to reclaim a small piece of its natural inheritance.

Aug 14, 2024 · A decade-old effort to restore the once parched Colorado River delta in northwestern Mexico appears to be succeeding. Since the United States and Mexico agreed to restore some water to the delta in 2012, populations of native birds and plants have begun to rebound after decades of decline, researchers report in two recent studies.

Jun 28, 2018 · In short, the saga of the Colorado River Delta has for decades been tied up in the struggle between two countries thirsting for the arid West’s precious, over-allocated water. Halfway through...

Feb 14, 2019 · Downstream from the Morelos Dam, the Colorado River delta now runs dry before reaching the Gulf of California. Map by David Lindroth. “We are trying to restore a network of sites that creates a functional ecosystem,” said Francisco Zamora, who manages the project for the Sonoran Institute.

Before upstream river management, the flow of the Colorado River was strongly seasonal. Approximately 70% of the annual flow arrived at the delta in the months of May, June and July (Fig. 7, see Harding et al., 1995), the result of spring snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains.

Raisetheriver.org sees a day when the Colorado River once again flows into the Gulf of California, and the Delta is brought back to life. By raising awareness, money and, ultimately, the water level of the river, we will restore the wetlands and reconnect the river with the Gulf.