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Given that all the snow at Tahoe will flow into Truckee river and evaporate in Nevada... Can't imagine it's that high a percentage, to be honest.
by nawgz 3y ago
Given that all the snow at Tahoe will flow into Truckee river and evaporate in Nevada... Can't imagine it's that high a percentage, to be honest.
- bcrosby95 3y agoSnowpack is a huge deal in California, as around 30% of the state's water comes from snowmelt in the Sierras. They don't track it for funsies: https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action https://cdec.water.ca.gov/snowapp/sweq.action
- AlbertCory 3y agoThanks. Is there an aggregate number CA somewhere? "CA" == amount of precipitation remaining in California, in one form or another. i.e. CA = total - ocean - NV - AZ - OR - evaporation - other
- s1artibartfast 3y agoThe Sierra nevada mountain range has two sides. The vast majority of snowmelt runs downhill into California. The is more to the mountain range than Tahoe and more to the river system than the Truckee. You can take a look at the California river system to get a sense of this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_California#/media/File:California_rivers.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_California#/... Not many rivers flow east and the truckee is failrly small. The annual flow from the Truckee is 303,240 acre-feet, which is about %1 of the Sacramento river