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What are the effects of center-pivot irrigation on withdrawl rates from the ogallala aquifer?
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∙ 11y ago
It withdraws to much water to quickly.
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Why is ogallala an important feature in the Midwest?
The Ogallala aquifer is a repository of water that has allowed farmers to mine water and irrigate the Midwest for a hundred years. Unfortunately it is being depleted and the days of the US "breadbasket" are soon over.
Why is aquifer important?
An aquifer is important because it is a major source of water for irrigation and wells. Depleting an aquifer can cause serious water shortages for many years.
Why is the Ogallala aquifer important?
because they give us water and without water we can't survive.
An example of an underground aquifer?
The source of an artesian well is an underground aquifer.
What is an aquifer why is it so important?
An aquifer is an underground fresh water source.
Farmers in which state use water from the ogallala aquifer for irrigation-Nebraska or Maine?
Nebraska
Where is the edwards aquifer in relation to the ogallala aquifer?
South
What region benefits from the underground water of the Ogallala Aquifer?
The Great Plains region of the US benefits from the Ogallala (or High Plains) Aquifer.
What is the aquifer that supplies water to the Midwest?
Ogallala.
Where are some of the places that one might find more information on the Ogallala aquifer?
One can find information about Ogallala aquifer on various websites like HPWD and Geography. Both websites offer a great amount of information about all kinds of products including the Ogallala aquifer.
What is the oglala aguifer?
I think you are looking for the Ogallala Aquifer. An Aquifer is an underground layer of water/water permiable rock which we can drill into for wells and/or bodies of water. They can be used by farmers for irrigation or home owners for drinkable water. The Ogallala Aquifer is one of the largest in the world it stretches from South Dakota to Texas. The states which it rests on are South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. The depth can range from a few feet to over a thousand feet in some areas. The Ogallala provides roughly 30% of the irrigation water in the US and 82% of the drinking water for residents in the Great Plains region.
What is the most heavily utilized aquifer in North America?
The Ogallala aquifer is the most heavily used.
What is the name of the underground aquifer under the states of Nevada Arizona Colorado and New Mexico?
I believe you are looking for the Ogallala Aquifer.
Is an ogallala aquifer a renewable water source?
Yes it is a renewable water source.
What would happen if the Ogallala aquifer dried up?
The Ogallala Aquifer covers approximately 10,000 square miles from Texas to the Dakotas, and is the major source of water for the High Plains, including irrigation for all farmland. If the aquifer were to dry up, there would be almost catastrophic economic consequences - cattle would die, crops could not be grown, prices of meat and agricultural products would soar due to scarcity. In hypothetical effect, the Midwest would become barren land.
What states use the Ogallala aquifer?
The High Plains are underlain by an enormous aquifer, the Ogallala Aquifer, which consists of thick sands and gravels running in a great north-south belt from Wyoming and South Dakota, through the sand hills of Nebraska, along the eastern border of Colorado and the western half of Kansas, through the panhandle of Oklahoma to northwest Texas.
What is the name of the underground water system that is below Nebraska?
The Ogallala Aquifer covers most of Nebraska.
