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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]
One of the largest aquifers in the Western United States. The state of Washington has numerous large aquifers, as shown in this map of the Hydrogeology of Washington State. Spokane Valley–Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer [6] covers 325 square miles (842 km 2) in eastern Washington and Idaho. It provides drinking water for some 700,000 people.
County A in Oklahoma Territory: Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States: 36.04 34,562: 959 sq mi (2,484 km 2) Logan County: 083: Guthrie: 1891: County 1 in Oklahoma Territory: John A. Logan, American Civil War general: 71.18 53,029: 745 sq mi (1,930 km 2) Love County: 085: Marietta: 1907: Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation ...
Bodies of water of Texas County, Oklahoma (1 C, 2 P) Bodies of water of Tillman County, Oklahoma (1 P) Bodies of water of Tulsa County, Oklahoma (1 C, 2 P) W.
The greatest threat to the Blue River is the withdrawal of water for human use from the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer. Withdrawal exceeds recharge which reduces the flow of the river. In 2011, to help protect the aquifer and the land, the Nature Conservancy purchased 490 acres of land along the river near Connerville.
Bodies of water of Oklahoma by county (74 C) C. Canals in Oklahoma (2 P) L. Lakes of Oklahoma (2 C, 19 P) R. Rivers of Oklahoma (4 C, 80 P) S. Springs of Oklahoma (2 P)
This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River and the Neosho River .
The most significant tributary of Deer Creek is Bluff Creek (and upstream to Lake Hefner, a major water reservoir and recreational lake in Oklahoma City. [5] Deer Creek Public Schools takes its name from the creek. [citation needed] Most of the creek's path goes through the northern portions of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.