Death Valley regional hydrologic system

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The Death Valley regional hydrologic system is a vast groundwater and surface-water network in the arid southwestern United States that collects, transports, and discharges water across multiple basins into the Death Valley area.

All labels observed (4)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf groundwater flow system ⓘ
regional hydrologic system ⓘ
surface-water and groundwater system ⓘ
characterizedBy arid climate ⓘ
closed basins ⓘ
internal drainage ⓘ
large depth to groundwater in many areas ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossesPoliticalBoundary California ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
dischargesTo Amargosa River ⓘ
evaporation from playas ⓘ
springs at Ash Meadows ⓘ
springs in Death Valley ⓘ
transpiration by phreatophytes ⓘ
drainsRegion Amargosa Desert ⓘ
Ash Meadows area ⓘ
Crater Flat ⓘ
Death Valley area ⓘ
linked to: Death Valley

Frenchman Flat ⓘ
Jackass Flats ⓘ
Nevada Test Site vicinity ⓘ
Oasis Valley ⓘ
Pahrump Valley ⓘ
Rainier Mesa area ⓘ
Yucca Mountain region ⓘ
hasComponent ephemeral streams ⓘ
groundwater flow ⓘ
interbasin groundwater flow ⓘ
playa lakes ⓘ
springs ⓘ
surface-water flow ⓘ
hasHydrologicConnectionWith Amargosa River basin ⓘ
Ash Meadows groundwater basin ⓘ
linked to: Ash Meadows area

Oasis Valley basin ⓘ
Pahrump Valley basin ⓘ
linked to: Pahrump Valley

Yucca Mountain groundwater system ⓘ
linked to: Yucca Mountain
locatedIn Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Great Basin region ⓘ
linked to: Great Basin

Mojave Desert region ⓘ
linked to: Mojave Desert

southwestern United States ⓘ
rechargeFrom infiltration of streamflow ⓘ
precipitation on surrounding mountains ⓘ
snowmelt in high-elevation ranges ⓘ
relevantFor Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository evaluations ⓘ
contaminant transport assessment ⓘ
groundwater resource management ⓘ
studiedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
terminatesIn Badwater Basin ⓘ
Death Valley ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amargosa Canyon → drainageBasin → Death Valley regional hydrologic system ⓘ
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge → locatedInBasin → Death Valley regional groundwater flow system ⓘ
linked to: Death Valley regional hydrologic system
Ash Springs → isPartOf → Pahranagat Valley hydrologic system ⓘ
linked to: Death Valley regional hydrologic system
Mojave Desert watershed → includes → Death Valley sub‑basins ⓘ
linked to: Death Valley regional hydrologic system