Mojave River Groundwater Basin (Mojave River area) The Mojave River groundwater basin is approximately 1,400 square miles and extends from the San Bernardino and the San Gabriel Mountains in the south to north of Harper and Coyote Lakes (dry).

A groundwater basin is three-dimensional and includes both the surface extent and all of the subsurface freshwater yielding material. For more information on groundwater basins and subbasins, please visit the California Department of Water Resources Bulletin 118 website.

Nov 7, 2018 · Take a 3D tour along the Mojave River and learn about its contribution to groundwater and surface water supply and the geologic characteristics that control it. Groundwater has been the primary source of domestic, agricultural, and municipal water supplies in the southwestern Mojave Desert, California, since the early 1900s.

Relevance and Benefits: An improved understanding of ground-water and surface- water relations in the Mojave River basin will aid managers in making decisions regarding the best use of local and imported water and evaluating various ground-water management options.

Several regional-scale ground-water flow models simulating ground-water flow have been completed for the Mojave River ground-water basin (Hardt, 1971; Stamos et al., 2001) and the...

Feb 27, 2004 · The Lower Mojave River Valley Groundwater Basin underlies an elongate east-west valley, with the Mojave River flowing (occasionally) through the valley from the west across the Waterman fault and exiting the valley to the east through Afton Canyon.

Feb 27, 2004 · The Upper Mojave River Valley Groundwater Basin underlies an elongate north-south valley, with the Mojave River flowing (occasionally) through the valley from the San Bernardino Mountains on the south, northward into the Middle Mojave River Valley Groundwater Basin at the town of Helendale.

The Mojave River is the primary source of natural recharge to groundwater within the Mojave Groundwater Basin. On average, about 57,000 acre-feet of water enters groundwater basins within the Mojave Water Agency (an acre-foot is approximately the amount of water two households use in a year).

Detailed location map of water resources - Mojave River and Morongo Groundwater Basin Groundwater Studies website.

Mojave River cutting through Lake Manix sediments.. The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains and the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States.Most of its flow is underground, while its surface channels remain dry most of the time, except for the headwaters and several bedrock gorges in the lower reaches.