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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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It's been decades? What does it mean?
Does "It's been decades" mean "The Colorado river has been decades in dusty smear (since it has reached the sea)"?
Context:
A historic US-Mexico deal will see 130 billion litres of water infuse the river's parched delta, leaving an explosion of life in its wake
FROM above it looks like a meandering yellow scar. On either side lie lush green polygons – the irrigated fields of the Mexicali valley just south of the US border, where tomatoes, cucumbers and onions grow in what should be a desert. The dusty smear running in between used to be the Colorado river. It's been decades since it has reached the sea.
MOre:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129602.800-huge-water-pulse-to-bring-colorado-river-back-from-dead.html
Context:
A historic US-Mexico deal will see 130 billion litres of water infuse the river's parched delta, leaving an explosion of life in its wake
FROM above it looks like a meandering yellow scar. On either side lie lush green polygons – the irrigated fields of the Mexicali valley just south of the US border, where tomatoes, cucumbers and onions grow in what should be a desert. The dusty smear running in between used to be the Colorado river. It's been decades since it has reached the sea.
MOre:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129602.800-huge-water-pulse-to-bring-colorado-river-back-from-dead.html
Top answer
It has been decades since the river reached the sea.
- It has been decades since the river reached the sea.
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What does it refer to? Dusty smear in the former Colorado River riverbed?
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It's a colourful way of saying that there is no, or almost no, water left in the river.
It's not a common phrase. The author has invented it..
Clive
It's not a common phrase. The author has invented it..
Clive
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