When you think of The Grand Canyon you think of a huge dry waterless gap in the earth, am i right? Well not anymore, on Wednesday a whopping 300,000 gallons of water per second was released into the Grand Canyon from Lake Powell. At this rate, that would be enough water to fill the entire empire state building in as little as 20 minutes! This is going on for three days in hope to restore plant and aquatic animal life in the Grand Canyon and restore beaches. Although the water will only rise a few feet after the process, researchers are hoping that will help restore sand bars in the Colorado river downstream of the dam. Over all, flooding the canyon will increase wildlife, restore beaches and possibly help endangered species reproduce more offspring.
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