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Desert Plains
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Hydrology and Subsurface Water
Surface water is transient in desert plains. Ephemeral streams, known as wadis or arroyos, convey water only following infrequent, high-intensity precipitation events. These flows rapidly infiltrate or evaporate.
The sustained water source in many arid plains is the Paleo-Aquifer Complex (PAC), deep saline or brackish water bodies trapped…