Blythe and The Palo Verde Valley environmental science of a tectonic plate

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Blythe and The Palo Verde Valley environmental science of a tectonic plateLocated midway between Los Angeles and Phoenix, the Palo Verde Valley enjoys year round sunshine and mild winter temperatures. In the late 1800s, surveyor O. P. Callaway recognized the valleys potential for flood irrigation from the Colorado River. He enlisted Thomas Blythe of San Francisco to finance the irrigation project. During the early 1900s, as more people settled in the valley, farming became the major industry as the extremes of a great river