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Climatic fluctuations, drought, and flow of the Colorado River
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Climatic fluctuations, drought, and flow of the Colorado River |
| Creator | Webb, Robert H.; McCabe, Gregory J.; Hereford, Richard; Wilkowske, Christopher |
| Subject | Water levels; Droughts; Watersheds; Climatology; |
| Coverage | Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado Plateau; Colorado; United States; |
| Description | Climatic fluctuations have profound effects on water resources in the western United States. In the arid and semiarid Southwest, climatic fluctuations affect many hydrologic characteristics of water-sheds, including the quantity of base flow, the occurrence of large floods, and the timing of snowmelt runoff. Since the start of a persistent drought around the year 2000, inflows to Lake Powell on the Colorado River have been below average, leading to drawdown of Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the... |
| Publisher | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Date | 2004 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source |
Webb, Robert H.; McCabe, Gregory J.; Hereford, Richard; Wilkowske, Christopher, Climatic fluctuations, drought, and flow of the Colorado River, Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3062 , 4 p. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/236 |
