Groundwater Exploitation on the High Plains

• Other Authors: White, Stephen E. (Editor), Kromm, David E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University Press of Kansas 1992
• Subjects: The Earth: natural history general; The Earth: natural history: general interest
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The High Plains region was once called the Great American Desert and thought to be, in the words of explorer Stephen Long, "wholly unfit for cultivation."Now we know that beneath the surface, unbeknownst to the explorers and early settlers, lies the Ogallala aquifer, an underground formati...