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WRIR 01-4195:
Ground-Water Discharge Determined from Estimates of Evapotranspiration, Death Valley Regional Flow System, Nevada and California

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Table 20. Simulated mean annual evapotranspiration (ET) and ground-water discharge from Tecopa/California Valley area

[Data are simulated means of 1,000 realizations. Mean annual precipitation is 0.35 foot; --, no data or not applicable]

Tecopa/California Valley area

Evapotranspiration unit

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total

Area (acres)

2.0

11.9

16.0

656.1

379.3

394.5

896.3

45.2

1,105.4

8.0

3,515

ET rate (feet per year)

8.60

8.50

3.90

3.30

2.89

.89

2.39

1.81

1.20

.49

--

Annual ET (acre-feet)

17.2

101.2

62.4

2,165.1

1,096.2

351.1

2,142.2

81.8

1,326.5

3.9

7,348

Adjusted ET rate (feet per year)

8.31

8.21

3.60

3.01

2.60

0.60

2.10

1.52

0.91

0.20

--

Annual ground-water discharge (acre-feet)

16.6

97.7

57.6

1,974.9

986.2

236.7

1,882.2

68.7

1,005.9

1.6

6,328