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Uhhh Orlando? You need a geography lesson, Everywhere in FL is loaded with lakes/rivers/springs. The whole state sits on an aquifer.
Las Vegas is in a desert...Orlando is in the lushest part of the continental U.S. and a major agricultural area.
I think I see some water in this pic...just maybe ya know...
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i was talking about major waterways that brought trade and commerce in the pass. I do not think Orlando was settled as it is or has become because of its waterways.... Its not a Geo lesson ether, try history. Florida was once not considered as a habitat place for man or beast.Yes there is water under ground, but as a whole, Florida was considered only good for its coastline. Jacksonville was about all there was once , when it came to cities. Miami is much more recent, as is Orlando. The inter state waterway system, with locks and dams, all came later.
Phoenix has the Salt River which joins the Gila just west of Phoenix. Both are dammed now, though they did flow all year prior to the dams. There are many old black and white photos of phoenicians swimming in the river or the canals that branched off of it. Early settlers saw beavers, fish, cottonwoods,and such where downtown PHX lies today.
No, it doesn't have a river today but it was founded on a river, that's why it became the largest city in AZ. PHX was founded on farming, which even forested Northern AZ doesn't have enough water for.
The city is where it is because of the Rio Grande, but the river is barely five feet deep anymore, and our water now comes from an aquifer.
It's still a major river which flows year round. The original question was about the largest city not on a river or body of water, and even though the Rio Grande isn't as grande as it once was, it still is more than what other larger cities in the US have.
The Cities without major waterways, are places that man has built for his entertainment, not his subsistence. Think about it, Las Vegas, Orlando,there are others.......
I agree with you 100%
Las Vegas was just a stopover for pioneer trails heading west than grew to a railroad town, nothing to do with water. everything is brought in by train or truck.
Orlando i have no clue how it was found i just know it was just a swampy buggy area with no access to either ocean or gulf, there are many small lakes but we dont ship supplies across small lakes. Oceans and Rivers are what important, not swamps or lakes
The city is where it is because of the Rio Grande, but the river is barely five feet deep anymore, and our water now comes from an aquifer.
Actually, for most of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st, Albuquerque got its water exclusively from the aquifer. It is only the last few years that they have been mixing in that murky ditch water from the Rio Grande.
Harrisburg PA is on a mile wide but for most purposes non-navigable river, it is where it is because it was about the best place to cross it. There used to be log rafts from northern PA and even NY but if they made it that far they could keep going to Marietta where the river became really gnarly.
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