Fact Sheet 110-03
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 110-03, 5 pages (Published 2004)
By Stephanie J. Moore, Scott K. Anderholm, Tara Williams-Sether, and John M. Stomp
Prepared in Cooperation with the City of Albuquerque--Water Resources Management
This report is available online in pdf format: USGS FS 110-03 (1 MB)
The Rio Grande watershed is a complex hydrologic system that includes numerous tributaries, inflow from transmountain diversions, irrigation diversions, agricultural return flows, reservoirs, and ground-water inflows and outflows. Many people depend on and are affected by the Rio Grande, which is the largest river of the surface-water system draining the Rio Grande watershed. To provide information to further the understanding of the Rio Grande surface-water system, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Albuquerque, evaluated streamflow data computed by the U.S. Geological Survey at 60 streamflow- gaging stations. This fact sheet examines the sources of water to the Rio Grande and the "water balance" of the Rio Grande surface-water system upstream from San Marcial, New Mexico, by comparing the mean annual discharge (streamflow) at different stations.
Introduction
Hydrologic Description of the Rio Grande Watershed
Sources of Water to the Rio Grande
References
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Moore, Stephanie J.; Anderholm, Scott K.; Williams-Sether, Tara; Stomp, John M., 2004, Sources of Water to the Rio Grande Upstream from San Marcial, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 110-03
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