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Title: THE COLORADO RIVER IN THE GRAND CANYON
Caption: The sandbar "beach" in the lower left is being used by river rafters, whose numbers have increased enough to affect the canyon. The number of people allowed to raft through the canyon is now restricted. (Larry Minden/Minden Pictures)
Keywords: streams, rivers, water, floods, flooding, sediments, deposition, erosion