Which best describes how climate impacts natural resources as people adapt to life in the southwestern united states?
a. people use more gasoline when driving throughout the region.
b. people create more shade as protection from the sunlight.
c. people create more electricity from coal for heating their homes.
d. people use more of the region’s water for drinking and irrigation.

D. People use more of the region’s water for drinking and irrigation.

Explanation:

The Southwestern united stares are also called the American west and have a fair share of natural wonders like the grand canyons and the national parks and the region is home to the cultures of the natural and distinct languages and that makes it more diverse ad thus is a more interesting place. It comprises of Arizona and the New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada and the colorado and the texas and California are considered to e a part of the southwestern states. The landscape is a  stretch of the desert and thus is a geographically diverse region with the bluffs and mesas's the temperature here goes up to 35 to 53° C, and thus this region forms a low-cost carrier for a widely distributed networks of hubs.