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Flooding an X area field is more water exposed to the air than direct application to a smaller Y area no? So by your own logic more water evaporates into the ai
by geitir 3y ago
Flooding an X area field is more water exposed to the air than direct application to a smaller Y area no? So by your own logic more water evaporates into the air with flooding
- codingdave 3y agoAnd once it evaporates, it will move east with the air, over the mountains, and into a different watershed. It is true that the water will flow somewhere, so isn't "lost", but the point is that the diversion decreases how much makes it downstream to the Salt Lake.
- reducesuffering 3y ago> over the mountains I thought the water cycle causes almost all of the precipitation to happen before going over the mountains? It's why the west side of the Sierras are wet and the east side dry.