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Woodhouse, David W. Stahle, José Villanueva Díaz. 2013. Rio Grande and Rio Conchos water supply variability over the past 500 years.  Climate Research, Vol. 51, Issue 2, pp. 125-136. DOI: 10.3354/cr01059","edition":null,"identifier":{"id":"10.3354/cr01059","type":"doi","url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr01059"},"issue":null,"journal":"Climate Research","pages":null,"pubRank":"2","pubYear":2012,"reportNumber":null,"title":"Rio Grande and Rio Conchos water supply variability over the past 500 years","type":"publication","volume":null},{"abstract":"Agriculture and ranching in semiarid regions often rely on local precipitation during the growing season as well as streamflow from runoff in distant headwaters. Where snowpack and reservoir storage are important, this pattern of reliance leads to vulnerability to multiseason drought. 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