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Water in storage and approaches to ground-water management, High Plains aquifer, 2000
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Water in storage and approaches to ground-water management, High Plains aquifer, 2000 |
| Creator | McGuire, Virginia L.; Johnson, M. R.; Schieffer, R. L.; Stanton, J. S.; Sebree, S. K.; Verstraeten, I. M. |
| Subject | Aquifers; Groundwater; Water levels; Water quality management; |
| Coverage | High Plains (U.S.); Platte River (Neb.); Nebraska; Colorado; Kansas; New Mexico; Oklahoma |
| Description | The High Plains (or Ogallala) aquifer under-lies a 111-million-acre area (173,000 square miles) in parts of eight States-Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. The area that overlies the aquifer is characterized as varying "between a semiarid to arid environment and a moist subhumid environment" (Lohman, 1953) with gently sloping plains, fertile soil, abundant sunshine, few streams, and frequent winds. Though the area can receive a moderate amount... |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Date | 2003 |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source |
McGuire, Virginia L.; Johnson, M. R.; Schieffer, R. L.; Stanton, J. S.; Sebree, S. K.; Verstraeten, I. M., Water in storage and approaches to ground-water management, High Plains aquifer, 2000, Reston, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1243, 51 p. |
| Language | eng |
| Rights | Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS |
| Identifier | http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-er/id/271 |
