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What impact do waterways rivers lakes have on the lives of the people who settled in New Mexico? Why is the water more important to New Mexicans than other states?

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Water is important be it lake, rivers and ocean is an important mineral for human survival and for those who live in New Mexico it is off utmost importance due to the region’s arid climate.

New Mexico has a climate that is prone to arid, and as such are at a risk of drought which is currently noticeable in the state. It is speculated that about 42% of the state is already suffering from severe drought, while another 11% of the state is already in extreme drought.

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