Exorheic

Exorheic

The Water Cycle

Published in Aurèle Parriaux, Geology, 2018

Lakes generally receive water and export it to the ocean (exorheic lakes). In a river system, exorheic lakes play the role of a hydraulic buffer by regulating discharge. In arid zones, many lakes export water only by evaporation (endorheic lakes). Water in endorheic lakes is saline.

Unsustainable use of surface water due to water balance miscalculation: the Culiacán River basin, Mexico

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Published in International Journal of Water Resources Development, 2023

Sergio Arturo Rentería-Guevara, Jesús Gabriel Rangel-Peraza, Antonio Jesús Sanhouse-García, Fernando García-Páez, Yaneth A. Bustos-Terrones, Cuauhtémoc Franco-Ochoa

The Culiacán River basin is exorheic and drains towards the Gulf of California (Figure 1). Given its size and intense agricultural activity, it is one of the most important basins in Mexico. This basin has a surface area of 2600 km2 and is between parallels 26°03′13″N and 24°27′10″N, and between meridians 107°45′39″W and 105°48′34.16″W.

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