Oceanography and Hydrology Question
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Harper is doing a research paper about the drought in the Southwest United States. She learns that the Colorado River Basin has experienced over a decade of drought. Water storage for the region is at about half its capacity. Satellite imaging shows that over three-quarters of the water lost from the river basin came from groundwater. Which would be the best explanation about the drought for Harper to include in her paper?
- Water is a renewable resource that can always be replaced within a human lifetime.
- Water is a nonrenewable resource and can never be replaced within a human lifetime.
- Water in the river basin is being lost at a faster rate than can be naturally replaced through the water cycle.
- Water in the river basin is being replaced naturally through the water cycle at a faster rate than it is being lost.