The metropolis closest to Lake Mead, Las Vegas, gets 90% of its water from this one source.

离米德湖最近的大城市，拉斯维加斯其90%的城市用水来自科罗拉多河。

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STANDING on the Hoover Dam and looking upstream at Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir, the visitor notices a wide, white band ringing the cliffs.

游客们站在胡佛水坝上朝上游的米德湖(美国最大的人造水库)望去会发现一条白色的宽条纹围绕着四周的岩壁。

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Sustained drought and insatiable upstream water demand have drained Lake Mead to the point that experts are predicting it may soon be shallow enough to be in deep trouble.

持续的干旱和上流不断增加的水需求已经使米德湖快要陷入专家预测中可能造成麻烦的低点。

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Visitors to Hoover Dam drive on a small road that passes Lake Mead.

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Hoover Dam also created Lake Mead, the largest man-made lake in America.

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For most of the past century, agriculture has been the winner of the water wars, receiving the great bulk of water from the Colorado River and its two large reservoirs at Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

NPR: Struggling over Water: A Series Overview

For excursions out of town, the Grand Canyon, Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead and the Valley of Fire will satisfy your nature-loving soul.

BBC: Discover life in the Nevada desert

The fatal pressure release took place at a project known as Intake No. 3, which is under way near Lake Mead.

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