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In sharp contrast, the period between 14,300 and 11,100 years ago, which includes the Younger Dryas interval, was an interval of reduced sea level rise at about 6.0–9.9 mm/yr. Meltwater pulse 1C was centered at 8,000 years ago and produced a rise of 6.5 m in less than 140 years, such that sea levels 5000 years ago were around 3m lower than ...
Map of the NAWAPA project (right), as compared with the GRAND, a continental water management scheme of similar scale. The North American Water and Power Alliance (NAWPA or NAWAPA; also referred to as NAWAPTA after the proposed governing body, the North American Water and Power Treaty Authority) was a proposed continental water management scheme conceived in the 1950s by the US Army Corps of ...
Image showing sea level change during the end of the last glacial period. Meltwater pulse 1A is indicated. Meltwater pulse 1A (MWP1a) is the name used by Quaternary geologists, paleoclimatologists, and oceanographers for a period of rapid post-glacial sea level rise, between 14,700 and 13,500 years ago, during which the global sea level rose between 16 meters (52 ft) and 25 meters (82 ft) in ...
Wise initially worked as a freelancer and assumed his music would be replaced by a Japanese composer because of the importance of Donkey Kong to Nintendo. Rare asked Wise to record three jungle demo melodies, which were merged to become the "DK Island Swing", the first level's track. Wise was subsequently offered the job to produce the final score.
Aquifers of the United States Withdrawal rates from the Ogallala Aquifer.. This is a list of some aquifers in the United States.. Map of major US aquifers by rock type. An aquifer is a geologic formation, a group of formations, or a part of a formation that contains sufficient saturated permeable material to yield significant quantities of water to groundwater wells and springs.
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Rivers across the state experienced "extreme rises" in their water levels, with the Meramec River forecasted to remain above major flood stage for days after the event. [216] West of Salem, Missouri, 48 hour rainfall totals reached 18.52 in (470 mm). [217] St. Louis saw record November rainfall from the storms. [218]
The 301,000 acre⋅ft (371,000,000 m 3) capacity reservoir was created by the construction of the Indian Valley Dam across the north fork of Cache Creek in 1975 (50 years ago) (). The 965 ft (294 m) long and 201 ft (61 m) high earth-fill dam was built for water storage, irrigation and flood control. [ 1 ]