"Record Drought Reveals Stunning Changes Along Colorado River"

"Lake Powell is at historic lows, offering kayakers new channels to explore but raising the alarm about water."

"LAKE POWELL, Utah—In early September, at the abandoned Piute Farms marina on a remote edge of southern Utah's Navajo reservation, we watched a ten-foot (three-meter) waterfall plunging off what used to be the end of the San Juan River.

Until 1990, this point marked the smooth confluence of the river with Lake Powell, one of the largest reservoirs in the U.S. But the lake has shrunk so much due to the recent drought that this waterfall has emerged, with sandy water as thick as a milkshake."

Jonathan Waterman reports for National Geographic November 23, 2014.