Atop Oregon Cascades, team finds a huge buried aquifer

Atop the Oregon Cascades, UO team finds a huge buried aquifer
Oregon’s Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water.
UO teams finds huge underground aquifer in Cascades
A team of researchers with the University of Oregon on Monday announced they have found a massive amount of water under the Cascade Mountains in Oregon.
Massive Aquifer Beneath Oregon’s Cascades Could Be the Largest in the World
The hidden water reservoir is shockingly larger than previously thought—holding more than half the volume of Lake Tahoe.
Researchers find vast water supply beneath central Oregon Cascades
The previously unmapped aquifer is estimated to be more than three times the size of the Lake Mead reservoir in Nevada.
A Giant Aquifer Discovered Beneath Oregon Could Reshape Future Volcanic Eruptions
An enormous body of water has been found in volcanic rocks below the peak of the Oregon Cascade Range. The volume is so large, the push to use it to address regional water shortages is likely to come quickly,
Oregon Cascades hide a huge buried aquifer
Oregon's Cascade Range mountains might not hold gold, but they store another precious resource in abundance: water. Scientists from the University of Oregon and their partners have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many times larger than previously estimated—at least 81 cubic kilometers.
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