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Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty: Proceedings of a Colloquium November 14–16, 1990 Scottsdale, Arizona
FIGURE 19.1 The watersheds of the Salt and Verde rivers stretch in a dividing band across Arizona.
relative humidity of the preceding May and June. River flows do increase slightly during the summer monsoon season, but all save the largest tributaries go dry again during the fall. Winter pre-
