A three-dimensional groundwater flow model using MODFLOW-NWT was developed to evaluate historical and potential stream capture in the lower Humboldt River Basin, Nevada. The Humboldt River Basin is the only river basin that is contained entirely within the state of Nevada. The effect of groundwater pumping on the Humboldt River is not well understood. Tools are needed to determine stream capture and manage groundwater pumping in the Humboldt River Basin. Previous work has demonstrated that the river’s surface-water resource is sensitive to groundwater withdrawals, which have steadily increased since the 1950s for agriculture, municipal, and mining uses. A numerical groundwater flow model was developed for the purpose...
Categories: Data Release - Revised;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Capture,
Groundwater Model,
Humboldt River Basin watershed,
Hydrology,
InlandWaters, All tags...
Lovelock,
MODFLOW-NWT,
Nevada,
Pershing County,
Stream Capture,
Streamflow Depletion,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water Resources,
environment,
geoscientificInformation,
groundwater,
inlandWaters,
lower Humboldt River Basin aquifer system,
usgsgroundwatermodel, Fewer tags
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