The Hardy River (Spanish: Río Hardy) is a 16. 25 mile-long Mexican river formed by residual agricultural waters from the Mexicali Valley and running into the Colorado River. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The Colorado River (' Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately
Wildlife
The Rio Hardy is home to a variety of wildlife, including the mosquitofish and the sailfin molly[1].
The Hardy's wetlands are a nesting ground for the Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula). The wetlands and bird habitat are part of a protected Mexican Biosphere Reserve called the Reserva de la Biosfera del Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado, [2].
Water Quality
In recent years, the Hardy has become a drain for agricultural waters polluted with pesticides and fertilizers from the Mexicali Valley[3]. The water qualty in the Hardy is being monitored at Mexicali by the Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo A. C. to measure the effects of discharge from the Las Arenitas wastewater treatment plant[4].
Sources
- The State of Baja California: Hydrology
- Deciding About the Colorado River Delta, River Report, Water Education Foundation, Spring 1999, by S. Joshua Newcom
- E.P.A.: California-Baja California Regional Workgroup: California-Baja California Water
- A tribe without a river, by Celia Rosario Rivas and Luis Carlos Romero-Davis, Tucson Citizen, June 20, 2006
- Contaminants in Potential Prey of the Yuma Clapper Rail, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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