Cities by the water.

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Cities by the water

Chicago

cruising

Site seeing

Extreme sports-white water rafting

Dams- support cities A reservoir refers to an artificial lake, used to store water for various uses.

Dams-stop water flow

Cities by rivers=civilization

Cities by rivers = development Empire State Building Rialto

Las Vegas- city not built by the water = irrigation (piped) from Colarado River

Problems with cities by the river= overcrowding The Hump Interchange, connecting the Century Freeway (I-105) and the Harbor Freeway (I-110) in Los Angeles, California Problems with cities by the river= overcrowding Freeway in Texas

Above is Mexico- example of overcrowding To the left is Beijing- Pollution in the air

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