Ogallala Aquifer

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aquifer groundwater reservoir natural resource

The Ogallala Aquifer is one of the world’s largest underground freshwater reservoirs, supplying crucial irrigation and drinking water across much of the central United States.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Ogallala Aquifer canonical 5
High Plains Aquifer system 1
High Plains aquifer 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aquifer ⓘ
groundwater reservoir ⓘ
natural resource ⓘ
composition clay ⓘ
gravel ⓘ
sand ⓘ
silt ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
extendsUnder Colorado ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
South Dakota ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
geologicAge Tertiary ⓘ
importance critical to U.S. agricultural output ⓘ
one of the world’s largest freshwater aquifers ⓘ
issue declining water levels ⓘ
groundwater depletion ⓘ
overpumping for irrigation ⓘ
sustainability concerns ⓘ
locatedIn Great Plains ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: High Plains
majorCropsIrrigated corn ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
managementConcern groundwater management policy ⓘ
water conservation ⓘ
namedAfter Ogallala, Nebraska ⓘ
partOf Ogallala Aquifer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: High Plains Aquifer system
primaryFormation Ogallala Aquifer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ogallala Formation
rechargeRate slow ⓘ
rechargeSource precipitation ⓘ
surface water infiltration ⓘ
regionType semi-arid ⓘ
studiedBy United States Geological Survey ⓘ
supports agricultural production ⓘ
industrial water use ⓘ
major crop irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
threat climate variability ⓘ
drought ⓘ
use drinking water supply ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
livestock watering ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Plains → contains → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
Ogallala Aquifer → partOf → Ogallala Aquifer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains Aquifer system
Ogallala Aquifer → primaryFormation → Ogallala Aquifer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ogallala Formation
eastern Colorado → waterSource → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Colorado
this entity surface form: Ogallala Aquifer (in southeastern and eastern portions)
Southwestern Kansas → waterSource → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
Republican River basin (Colorado portion) → hydrologicallyConnectedTo → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains aquifer
Republican River basin (Colorado portion) → hydrologicallyConnectedTo → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
Ogallala, Nebraska → namedFor → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
Llano Estacado → hydrology → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
this entity surface form: underlain by Ogallala Aquifer
western Kansas → waterSource → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Kansas
Beaver River → crosses → Ogallala Aquifer ⓘ
this entity surface form: High Plains aquifer region