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Rattlesnake Creek Watershed

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Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Statement of problem

Purpose of study

Location of area

Watershed hydrogeologic environment

Physiography and drainage

Hydrogeology, Pleistocene drainage history, and water quality

Soils

Climate

Approach

Water budget

Regionalizing point values

Basinwide integrating methodology

Versatile soil moisture budget

Introduction

Evapotranspiration

Runoff, infiltration, and drainage

Hydrologic-budget implementation and synthesis

Hydroclimatic zones

Soils

Crops

Irrigation

Basinwide integration

Results and discussion

Climatic factors

Soil factors

Crops and land use

Temporal distribution of climatic and hydrologic variables

Areal distribution of hydrologic variables

Demonstration and predictive capabilities

Some assumptions and limitations

Verification of results

Conclusions and recommendations

Acknowledgments

References

Appendices


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geohydrology
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