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The Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gə-LAH-lə) is a shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. As one of the world's largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km 2) in portions of eight states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas). [1]
Field screening of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the North Platte Project area, Nebraska and Wyoming, 1995 [U.S. Geological Survey Water-resources Investigations Report 98-4210]. Lincoln, NE: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
The salt in the region is ultimately sourced from Cretaceous-era shale which was deposited when Nebraska was part of a vast inland ocean known as the Western Interior Seaway. [4] The water quality and biodiversity of Salt Creek are greatly impacted by its proximity to the city of Lincoln. [4]
River in Colorado, United States Republican River Fourche des Republiques, Coster Blanches, Ki-ra-ru-tah, Mahohevaohe The Republican River near Riverton, Nebraska Map of the Kansas River drainage basin showing the Republican River Location Country United States States Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado Physical characteristics Source confluence • location Haigler, Nebraska • coordinates 40°01 ...
Medicine Creek Dam, constructed in 1949. Medicine Creek is a 96-mile-long (154 km) [2] tributary of the Republican River in Nebraska.Medicine Creek rises in an outlying portion of the Nebraska Sand Hills near the unincorporated community of Somerset in Lincoln County and flows southeast through Frontier County to its confluence with the Republican River .5 miles (0.80 km) east of Cambridge, in ...
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, left, and Gov. Laura Kelly signed a joint letter opposing a water transfer in Nebraska they say could lead to invasive species of carp in Kansas waterways.
Bodies of water of Nebraska (4 C) D. Dams in Nebraska (16 P) R. Reservoirs in Nebraska (22 P) W. Water supply infrastructure in Nebraska (4 P) Water transportation in ...
Wildfires also may be affecting water quality in some of the region’s most pristine lakes, according to a study published in August by researchers at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.