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Map of Ground Water System Associated with

the Republican River above Hardy, Nebraska

Figure 2

Smoky HillRiver Tributaries

Smokey Hill Tributaries

Groundwater Flow

28 acre-feet would have otherwise reached the river

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100 acre-feet pumped over 40 years

100 acre-feet pumped over 50 years

PUMPS

GudmundsenSandhills Lab.

Barta BrothersRanch

Developing higher-order thinking skills

Data

Information

Knowledge

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Wisdom

Applied or situational context

Relevancy, Experience

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Humanity, Conscience, Morality

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