Geography 2152F/G Chapter 1: Reading 1 Questions
3 Nov 2017
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Many use surface flows from the san joaquin and. Sacramento rivers, divvied up (according to water rights that date back to the 19th century and delivered to the fields via a complex network of pipes and canals). Most supplement this plumbing with groundwater, and in the driest corners of the valley, aquifers are so overdrawn that fields have sunk by more than 30 feet: explain the importance of winter storms in the western united states. Mountain snowpack serves as the west"s water tower, and melt as it fills in the region"s rivers in spring. the mountains and they"re causing snow packs to melt earlier in the spring. Western snow packs in the mountains have declined in recent decades and researchers expect the trend to accelerate. Australia"s decade long drought began around the start of this century. Australian reform the old water allocation system, which, like california"s had promised specific politicians and farmers took some serious risks.
