The Water Cycle

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The Water Cycle
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The Water Table
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Groundwater Flow Paths
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• Glacial Outwash Aquifers, MN

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Aquifers in Fractured Crystalline Bedrock, MN
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Aquifers in Sedimentary Rocks, MN
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Winona County Aquifers
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Bedrock Exposure, MN
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Small CavernChimney Rock, Whitewater State
ParkOrdovician Oneota Dolostone
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Chimney Rock, Whitewater State Park, MN
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Model for Winona County Karst Topography
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Regional Groundwater Flow Patterns
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Fountain Sinkhole Plain, Fillmore County, MN
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Fountain Sinkhole Plain, Fillmore County, MN
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Sinkhole Plain 0.5 mi. North of Fountain, MN
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Sinkhole Plain North of Cherry Grove, Fillmore
County, MN
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Collapse Sinkhole, Cherry Grove, MN
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Spring in Ordovician Carbonate Bedrock Northwest
of Fountain, MN
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Joint in Ordovician Willow Creek Dolostone on
North Bank of Root River, US 52 just South of
Chatfield, MN
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Map of Mystery Cave Passages, Fillmore County, MN
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Root River East of Mystery Cave - Decreased
Discharge
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Dry Bed of Root River just East of Mystery Cave
Entrance
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Sinkhole into which the Root River Goes
Underground
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Mystery Cave Profile
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Joint-Controlled Passage, Mystery Cave II
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Bedding-Controlled Passage, Mystery I