Caption

San Acacia, New Mexico, The Rio Grande below the San Acacia Diversion dam. The dam sends water from the Rio Grande into irrigation canals (right of the river) .. Much of the state is experiencing extreme drought, and farmers are not getting all the water they need to grow their crops in the desert

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK24F12_319

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,1Mb (4,5Mb) / 17,0in x 11,2in / 5096 x 3368 (300dpi)

Keywords

deserted no one No People nobody uninhabited empty extreme extremely barren meagre meager desolate sparse farmer farmers peasant agriculture farming agriculture Acacia Acacia Acacias tree trees plant plants drought droughts drought droughts dryness water waters waterfront river rivers waters water body body of water global warming global warming environment environment North America USA United States US-America United States of America Rio Grande America cultivation cultivations Growing cultivating American agricultural agrarian farming agriculturally climate change climate change dry arid irrigation irrigations irrigation canal irrigation canals waterway waterways canal canals water canal water canals channel desert deserts rinse watering waters irrigate irrigating irrigates rinsing rinses barrenness barrenness US-American New Mexico federal state federal states state cultivation cultivations cultivating cultivate dam dams climate crisis cultivated plant crop crops cultivated plants