The Chronicles of America series . region in southern California thegravelly beaches of old lakes are rent by fissuresmade within a few years by earthquakes. In otherplaces fresh terraces on the sides of the vallej^ markthe lines of recent earth movements, while newlyformed lakes lie in troughs at their base. TheseOwens Valley movements of the crust are partsof the stupendous uplift which has raised the SierraNevada to heights of over 14,000 feet a few milesto the west. Along the fault line at the base ofthe mountains there runs for over 250 miles theworlds longest aqueduct, which was built to
The Chronicles of America series . region in southern California thegravelly beaches of old lakes are rent by fissuresmade within a few years by earthquakes. In otherplaces fresh terraces on the sides of the vallej^ markthe lines of recent earth movements, while newlyformed lakes lie in troughs at their base. TheseOwens Valley movements of the crust are partsof the stupendous uplift which has raised the SierraNevada to heights of over 14,000 feet a few milesto the west. Along the fault line at the base ofthe mountains there runs for over 250 miles theworlds longest aqueduct, which was built to re-lieve Los Angeles from the danger of drought. Itis a strange irony of fate that so delicate and sovital an artery of civilization should be forced to liewhere a renewal of earthquake movements maybreak it at any time. Yet there was no other placeto put it, for in spite of mans growing control ofnature he was forced to follow the topography ofthe region in which he lived and labored. On the southern side of the Mohave Desert a.
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