Examples include desert, rain forest, and tundra. Discharge: The quantity of water passing a certain river or stream location per unit time. Expressed as units of volume per unit time (e.g. cubic ...

When intensive modern farming started, there was a staggering 120 cubic miles (500 cubic kilometers) of water beneath the Saudi desert, enough to fill Lake Erie in the U.S. But in recent years ...

Arizona may best be known for its desert landscapes ... of these Arizona bodies of water are artificial, or reservoirs, created by dams built on rivers or streams. Some of them sit at higher ...

This striking, false-color satellite photo of Pakistan's Khor Kalmat lagoon shows how the tidal body of water helps to sustain an intricate ecosystem in the surrounding desert environment.

Dwelling in pools, marshes, streams, and springs of southern Arizona and California, the desert pupfish has an extraordinary ability to survive, enduring water temperatures that can exceed 110 degrees ...

Desert pupfish are often associated with soft channel bottoms and clear water. RANGE: Once common in shallow desert springs, cienegas, and small tributary streams of the lower Gila and Colorado River ...