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"The Ogallala aquifer, a vast underground water reserve extending from South Dakota through Texas, is the product of eons of accumulated glacial melts, ancient Rocky Mountain snowmelts, and rainfall, all percolating slowly through gravel beds hundreds of feet thick. Ogallala: Water for a Dry La...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Opie, John, 1934- (Author), Miller, Char, 1951- (Author), Archer, Kenna Lang, 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2018.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Our sustainable future.
Subjects:
Irrigation water > High Plains (U.S.) > History.
Irrigation > High Plains (U.S.) > History.
Agriculture > High Plains (U.S.) > History.
Agricultural ecology > High Plains (U.S.) > History.
Eau d'irrigation > Hautes Plaines (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Irrigation > Hautes Plaines (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Agriculture > Hautes Plaines (États-Unis) > Histoire.
Écologie agricole > Hautes Plaines (États-Unis) > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Agricultural ecology
Agriculture
Irrigation
Irrigation water
Ogallala Aquifer > History.
United States > High Plains
United States > Ogallala Aquifer
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The First Half-Billion Years; 2. Finding the Water : Boom and Bust, 1870-1940; 3. From Dryland to Dustbowl : Not a Good Place to Farm; 4. Windmills, Center Pivots, Feedlots, and Porkers; 5. A Tale of Seven Water Conservation Districts; 6. Making Irrigation Work for a Family Farm : Phil and Linda Tooms on the Moscow Road; 7. The Future of Plains Irrigation : A New Gospel of Efficiency; 8. Thinking the Unthinkable : Climate Change Hits the Vulnerable Plains; 9. A Final Look.

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