Oasis Near Death Valley Fed By Ancient Aquifer Under Nevada Test Site
June 4, 2010
A new Brigham Young University study indicates that the water arriving at Ash Meadows is completing a 15,000-year journey, flowing slowly underground from what is now the Nevada Test Site. Credit: BYU
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Latter Day Saint movement, Nye County, Nevada, Geography of the United States, Brigham Young, Brigham Young University, Aquifer, Nevada, Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Hydrology, Hydraulic engineering, United States