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Groundwater is rapidly declining in the Colorado River Basin, satellite data show
As the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs have declined during the last two decades, even larger amounts of water have been ...
Cave records show that US's deepest river gorge Hells Canyon is only 2.1 million years old
North America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, which slithers along the border of Idaho and Oregon, is a surprisingly new ...
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Big Pivots: Sharing risk on the Colorado River
Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when they met near Santa Fe to forge a ...
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Officials unveil sweeping new plan to protect vital US river system: 'The [river] is essential to the American West'
The Colorado River runs through seven states. Officials unveil sweeping new plan to protect vital US river system: 'The ...
The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater is disappearing faster than the river itself
The Colorado River Basin lost an alarming amount of groundwater over the past 20 years, a new study found. Nearly 28 million acre-feet of water has been depleted from the region, nearly the volume of ...
The Colorado River Basin has lost as much groundwater as the entire volume of Lake Mead
Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...
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These Are the Most Gator-Populated Waters in South Carolina
South Carolina is home to a lot of alligators. Around 100,000 of them, to be exact. Although it is fewer than in some states, ...
Farmers, wineries to vote on water use fees for Paso Robles basin. Here’s how
From farmers to winemakers, commercial irrigators pumping from the Paso Robles Area Groundwater Basin may soon need to pay ...
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Mississippi River loses most of its sediment—and land building ability—before reaching the Gulf
New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...
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Study: Groundwater loss across Colorado River Basin threatens economic security
— Most of the total water losses occurred in the drier Lower Colorado River basin. It lost 20.7 million acre-feet of ...
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Tracking the sediment carried by the muddy Mississippi
New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...