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Sediment Sampling in the Colorado River

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Image shows a USGS scientist standing in brown water with red and brown cliffs in the background
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Here, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) hydrographer John Gray is collecting a suspended-sediment water sample from the highly turbid Little Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Credit: USGS.

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