Permian Basin (North America)
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Permian Basin (North America)
by an equal excess of precipitation over evaporation on land; consequently the volume of water carried to the sea by glaciers, rivers and coastal springs is close to 27 billion acre-feet per year. About 13 billion acre-feet is carried by 68 major river systems from a drainage area
Scientific American Editors • Battling Drought: The Science of Water Management
The Bakken rock layer was about ten thousand feet below the surface and just forty-five feet thick, adding to the challenge of finding oil.
Gregory Zuckerman • The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
GLE agrees to acquire land for Paducah facility : Uranium & Fuel ...
World Nuclear Newsworld-nuclear-news.org71% of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and this sounds like a lot of water.
But only 0.12% of Earth's total volume is liquid water.
Look at this chart.
The largest sphere represents all of Earth's water. Its diameter is about 860 miles and has a volume of about 1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers km³).
The blue sphere over Kentucky represents... See more
Because there is no ownership in these underground minerals (as distinct from ownership of rights to drill for these minerals), the owner of the drilling rights may extract all of these transitory minerals in the underground reservoir, even if such extraction depletes the minerals under neighboring lands.
Jim Bainbridge • California Real Estate Principles and License Preparation
