# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CVNw_euATJt
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11682743-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/8968ce41e8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-10-19T15:22:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photos by Pete McBride pedromcbride / Running a river running dry: Last month my friend lennecefer and I pack-rafted the Yampa River in record-low water for natgeo. Our goal was to travel the last 50 miles (80 km) of the river through Dinosaur National Monument to see how even a wild river inside a national park was struggling to stay wet. The trip would foreshadow what might come for western rivers as the climate changes. With only a few small dams and diversions, the 250-mile-long (400 km) Yampa is one of just a few free-flowing rivers in the United States and the longest in Colorado. The journey was eye-opening, even for someone like me who has spent years looking at water shortage. But it was also hopeful, as I learned how creative collaboration can keep a river alive—barely. To see more images, head to pedromcbride. #water #rivers #drought #DinosaurNationalMonument #nature #climate #climatechange

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rivers, nature, climatechange, dinosaurnationalmonument, water, climate, drought

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