Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Desert Basins of the Southwest
Author: Southwestern Desert Resources
Author: William L. HalvorsonPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081655241X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
The southwestern deserts stretch from southeastern California to west Texas and then south to central Mexico. The landscape of this region is known as basin and range topography featuring to “sky islands” of forest rising from the desert lowlands which creates a uniquely diverse ecology. The region is further complicated by an international border, where governments have caused difficulties for many animal populations. This book puts a spotlight on individual research projects which are specific examples of work being done in the area and when they are all brought together, to shed a general light of understanding the biological and cultural resources of this vast region so that those same resources can be managed as effectively and efficiently as possible. The intent is to show that collaborative efforts among federal, state agency, university, and private sector researchers working with land managers, provides better science and better management than when scientists and land managers work independently.
A Natural History of the Mojave Desert
Author: Lawrence R. WalkerPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816532621
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Invites readers to explore the smallest and most unique southwestern desert, the beautiful Mojave--Provided by publisher.
The State Water Plan
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of Environmental Resources. Bureau of Resources ProgrammingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Last Water on the Devil's Highway
Author: Bill BroylesPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816530831
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The DevilÕs HighwayÑEl Camino del DiabloÑcrosses hundreds of miles and thousands of years of Arizona and Southwest history. This heritage trail follows a torturous route along the U.S. Mexico border through a lonely landscape of cactus, desert flats, drifting sand dunes, ancient lava flows, and searing summer heat. The most famous waterhole along the way is Tinajas Altas, or High Tanks, a series of natural rock basins that are among the few reliable sources of water in this notoriously parched region. Now an expert cast of authors describes, narrates, and explains the human and natural history of this special place in a thorough and readable account. Addressing the latest archaeological and historical findings, they reveal why Tinajas Altas was so important and how it related to other waterholes in the arid borderlands. Readers can feel like pioneers, following in the footsteps of early Native Americans, Spanish priests and soldiers, gold seekers and borderland explorers, tourists, and scholars. Combining authoritative writing with a rich array of more than 180 illustrations and maps as well as detailed appendixes providing up-to-date information on the wildlife and plants that live in the area, Last Water on the DevilÕs Highway allows readers to uncover the secrets of this fascinating place, revealing why it still attracts intrepid tourists and campers today.
Geologic Evolution of the Mojave Desert and Southwestern Basin and Range
Author: Allen F. GlaznerPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813711959
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
CD-ROM contains: Electronic version of text -- Maps.
Cacti of the Desert Southwest
Author: Meg QuinnPublisher:
ISBN: 9781933855370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Deserts of the American Southwest are home to an incredible diversity of drought-tolerant plants, including many found nowhere else on earth. And no other group says desert quite like cacti. Their prickly nature notwithstanding, cacti are very fragile, as are the arid deserts they inhabit. In Cacti of the Desert Southwest, botanist and educator Meg Quinn describes eighty significant cacti of the Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan deserts, including several which are listed as threatened or endangered. Most are shown in full flower.
Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment
Author: James F. HoganPublisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Water Science and Application Series, Volume 9. Groundwater recharge, the flux of water across the water table, is arguably the most difficult component of the hydrologic cycle to measure. In arid and semiarid regions the problem is exacerbated by extremely small recharge fluxes that are highly variable in space and time. --from the Preface Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment: The Southwestern United States speaks to these issues by presenting new interpretations and research after more than two decades of discipline-wide study. Discussions ondeveloping environmental tracers to fingerprint sources and amounts of groundwater at the basin scalethe critical role of vegetation in hydroecological processesnew geophysical methods in quantifying channel rechargeapplying Geographical Information System (GIS) models to land surface processescoupling process-based vadose zone to groundwater modeling, and more make this book a significant resource for hydmlogists, biogeoscientists, and geochemists concerned with water and water-related issues in arid and semiarid regions.
The Topographic Features of the Desert Basins of the United States with Reference to the Possible Occurrence of Potash
Author: Edward Elway FreePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Summary of the Southwest Alluvial Basins, Regional Aquifer-system Analysis, South-central Arizona and Parts of Adjacent States
Author: Thomas Warren AndersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquifers
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description