Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources in the Columbia River Basin

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Science

 

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Katharine F

 

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December 10, 2014

 

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University

 

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B

 

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10 / 2522

 

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The Columbia River receives the majority of its massive discharge from 12 of 39 primary tributaries; Flathead River, Methow River, Spokane River, Yakima River, Snake River, Clearwater River, Salmon River, Owyhee River, Grande Ronde River, John Day River, Cowlitz River, and Willamette River [see figure 1]...
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With the increasing threat of global climate change, the delicate balance of the hydrologic cycle will be disrupted (Leith and Whitfield, 1998; Barnett et.al, 2004; Hamlet and Lettenmaier, 1999). This paper discusses the present and future climatic variability within the Columbia basin; how this impacts the hydrologic cycle of the river system and; what effects the modified hydrologic cycle has on the water resources of this economically important waterway...
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