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Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5216
Figure 18. Streamflow and temperature histories for gaining and losing reaches of a stream coupled to the local ground-water system. Ground water is buffered from temperature fluctuations at the land surface. A., temperature fluctuations in and beneath the gaining reach are therefore muted (top panel) compared with B., temperatures in and beneath the losing reach (bottom panel). Modified with permission from Stonestrom and Constantz, 2004.