1. REGION AND PLACE: Where is it located? What does it look like?
What is the climate like?
-What are the major landforms?
-What are the natural resources/agriculture?
-What are some things that only exist here?

2. PEOPLE: What types of people live there and what do they do? 
-HOW DO THEY SURVIVE (eat, drink, make money, etc)??? THINK OF THE PYRAMID!
-What are some jobs that only exist in this region?

3. INTERACTION: How has interaction changed this place?
-How have people here changed over time?
-How have the people CHANGED the land over time?
-What ideas and goods have moved here over time?
1. REGION AND PLACE                       2. PEOPLE                         3. INTERACTION

Demand for Water
In the Southwest, about 80 percent of water is used for agriculture. In Arizona, agricultural use of  water accounts for about 70 percent of water use and about 80 percent in Colorado. Agriculture in New Mexico uses almost 78 percent of the state's water supply.

Almost half of the water demand for crops is satisfied by groundwater wells in the Southwest. In many places, groundwater use is higher than natural recharge rates. Reduced rainfall means less water is available to recharge underground aquifers (a very slow process even under non-drought conditions), and less water will be available for the future. The other half of the water demand for crops is satisfied by surface water from the Colorado River, the Rio Grande, and their streams. Less rainfall at the sources of these rivers means lower streamflow levels downriver and less water delivered to farms.

Cattle Ranching
Ranching suffers during drought because most ranchers do not irrigate their pastures but instead rely on rainfall. Without rain, less grass grows and what does grow is often poor quality. Ranchers must decide how many cattle their range can support at a given time.

GRAPHIC SOURCES
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