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The Delaware River (originally called the Grasshopper River) [4] is a 94-mile-long (151 km) [2] river located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas. The Delaware River basin drains 1,117 square miles (2,890 km 2 ) from the outflow of the Perry Lake reservoir.
1.1 Mississippi River Basin. ... Delaware River: 682: Near Perry: Little Blue River: 672: ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Kansas (1974)
View looking south showing the flatness of the Delaware Basin. Image from the Walnut Canyon drive, Carlsbad Caverns National Park. By earliest Permian time, during the Wolfcampian Epoch, the ovoid shaped subsiding Delaware Basin extended over 10,000 square miles (26,000 km 2) in what is now western Texas and southeast New Mexico.
The Permian Basin comprises several component basins, including the Midland Basin, which is the largest; Delaware Basin, the second largest; and Marfa Basin, the smallest. The Permian Basin covers more than 86,000 square miles (220,000 km 2), [1] and extends across an area approximately 250 miles (400 km) wide and 300 miles (480 km) long. [2]
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The Morrow Formation is found in the Delaware Basin of southeastern New Mexico. Map of Delaware Basin. Morrow sand was largely deposited in the NW Shelf of the basin An example of the flatness found in the region. Image from near the Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad, New Mexico. It can be found at depths of 8,200 to 12,500 feet.
The storage rooms at the WIPP are 2,150 feet (660 m) underground in a salt formation of the Delaware Basin. The waste is from the research and production of United States nuclear weapons only. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The plant started operation in 1999, and the project is estimated to cost $19 billion in total.
The Gyp Hills near Medicine Lodge were named for the gypsum of the Blaine Formation. The soluble gypsum, anhydrite and dolomite produce many caves in the area. [14] [15] The Big Basin of Clark County is a 1.2-mile (2 km) diameter, 115-foot (35 m) deep, dissolution collapse feature that formed by the dissolution of salt beds in the subsurface.