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http://geosurvey.state.co.us/WATER/GROUNDWATERATLAS/Pages/GroundwaterAtlasofColorado.aspx
http://fromthestyx.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/roan-plateau-august-2008-i-70-and-colorado-river-194.jpg
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Hyperlinks
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1139/htdocs/natural_processes_of_ground.htm#mountainous
Pictures:
http://geosurvey.state.co.us/WATER/GROUNDWATERATLAS/Pages/GroundwaterAtlasofColorado.aspx
http://fromthestyx.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/roan-plateau-august-2008-i-70-and-colorado-river-194.jpg
http://www.clemson.edu/ces/hydro/murdoch/Courses/Aquifer%20Systems/documents/Heath%20and%20Back%20books/Chapter%206.pdf