Study finds Colorado River Basin’s worst known megadrought was 1,800 years ago

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By mmillikinJun 10, 2022, 7:01 am335 pts
The ongoing severe drought in the Colorado River Basin has led to the river flowing at 84% of its historic average flow. An even more intense “megadrought” hit the region around 1,800 years ago, according to a new study published in the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters. At just 68% of the river’s…

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