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Hydrologic Inventory Of The Great Salt Lake Desert Area, Gary L. Foote
Hydrologic Inventory Of The Great Salt Lake Desert Area, Gary L. Foote
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Utah, located in the arid southwest, is a state that experience s chronic water shortages. The pattern of valleys and high mountain ranges that exists in the state produces sharply contrasting differences in climatic conditions . Desert valleys in the western portion may receive as few a s 4 inches of precipitation in a year while headwater areas in the Wasatch Mountains receive 60 inches or more. Wide cyclic as well a s geographical variations of precipitation added to uneven seasonal distribution makes development and efficient utilization of water resource s vital though difficult.
In order to make the most …