Walker Basin, Nevada
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Walker Basin, Nevada. Photo by Mark Gamba, courtesy of National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
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Walker Basin, Nevada
Walker Basin is home to Walker Lake, a natural desert lake in Nevada at the terminus of the Walker River stream system of Nevada and California. Agricultural demand for water in the region has decreased the freshwater inflows to the lake. Since the early 1900’s, the lake’s elevation has been declining. Insufficient inflows of fresh water have contributed to an increase in salinity levels which...
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Walker Basin, Nevada
Walker Basin is home to Walker Lake, a natural desert lake in Nevada at the terminus of the Walker River stream system of Nevada and California. Agricultural demand for water in the region has decreased the freshwater inflows to the lake. Since the early 1900’s, the lake’s elevation has been declining. Insufficient inflows of fresh water have contributed to an increase in salinity levels which...
Environment from 'Landsat Imagery: A Unique Resource'
Landsat satellites provide high-quality, multi-spectral imagery of the surface of the Earth. These moderate-resolution, remotely sensed images are not just pictures, but contain many layers of data collected at different points along the visible and invisible light spectrum.