n["owensriver"][0]="Owens River|United States|us|North America";
n["owensriver"][1]="The Owens River is 190 km (120 miles) long. It rises in the Sierra Nevada, in the east of California and southeast of Yosemite National Park. The river flows in southeastern direction and used to enter Owens Lake, near Mount Whitney.|Owens Lake is now dry, because, at a point about 70 km (45 miles) northwest of Owens Lake, an aqueduct diverts the river's water to Los Angeles. The little water that is not diverted flows to Owens Lake and evaporates, or is absorbed into the ground. In any case, it is not enough to sustain the lake. Because the dust from the dry lake is a health hazard, pipelines were constructed in 2001 to saturate a portion of the lakebed and greatly reduce the dust. The once fertile Owens Valley is now arid for the same reasons.";