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Article: Researchers from University of Nebraska describe findings in environmental research.(Report)
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- November 13, 2009
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According to recent research from the United States, "Partitioning of precipitation between evapotranspiration and runoff at the basin scale is primarily controlled by climate and basin characteristics. Here we use the Budyko hypothesis to investigate the impacts of soil texture and groundwater ( e. g., baseflow) on annual and long-term mean annual water balances of basins in a semiarid region located in and around the Sand Hills region of Nebraska, USA."
"Native grasslands are dominant across the study area with soil textures dramatically different for the Nebraska Sand Hills ( primarily sand deposits) and the adjacent regions ( mainly less permeable silt loam). ...