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Ogallala Aquifer
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Ogallala Aquifer

The largest source of groundwater in the USA, stretching from southern South Dakota to northwestern Texas. It contains an estimated 4 trillion tonnes of water. The overexploitation of this water resource resulted in the loss of more than 18% of the irrigated farmland of Oklahoma and Texas in the period 1940-90.


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