Could it be possible to collect vast quantities of rain water from the NW and dump it on the SW? Wouldn't this benefit both places by taking moisture out of the air in one place and putting it in another?
2006-07-27 07:55:56 · 5 answers · asked by harveymac1336 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
No, because the wilderness and geography of the Southwest would die. The animals would die because they are accustomed to heat and live off of it, so making it cooler would mess up their system. The plants would die because there would be more water than they could hold and they would literally fall over. The entire eco-chain would go haywire.
It's a nice idea but when you put it into practice, it doesn't work out very well. One time they brought over a bunch of sheep from New Zealand to the Southeast. Needless to say, they all died from suffocation because the heat was unbearable on their thick wool coats.
2006-07-27 08:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
that wouldnt be such a good idea. the southwest is adapted to hot and dry weather. and the northwest is adapted to cool and wet weather. if we get too much rain in southern ca, we would get a lot of mudslides, like what happened last winter of 2005 in places, like laguna beach.
2006-07-28 03:55:18 · answer #2 · answered by blahblahblah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pratik has it right. I live in the desert southwest...our ecosystem is adpated to hot and dry. A lot more rain would destroy the beauty that surrounds us. That said, we are in a drought even for us...so if you could send just a few inches of rain, it'd be appreciated. :)
2006-07-27 16:56:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe we already have that. It is called the Colorado river basin.
2006-07-27 14:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't chage that. England has always been like that.
2006-07-27 14:58:08 · answer #5 · answered by andy in greece 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋