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Changes in streamflow timing in the western United States in recent decades
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Changes in streamflow timing in the western United States in recent decades |
| Subject | Runoff; Water levels; Rivers |
| Description | Mountain snow fields act as natural reservoirs for many western water-supply systems, storing precipitation from the cool season, when most precipitation falls and forms snowpacks, until the warm season when most or all snow-packs melt and release water into rivers. As much as 75 percent of water supplies in the western United States are derived from snowmelt. Thus, water-resource management of western rivers commonly is planned around the knowledge that much of the runoff to reservoirs and... |
| Creator | United States Geological Survey |
| Publisher | United States Geological Survey |
| Date | 2005-03 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwu/id/73 |
