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Chapter 6: Arizona Climate and Riparian Areas
By Mike Crimmins
Key Points of Chapter 6:
- Arizona climate is linked to riparian areas through patterns in temperature and precipitation.
- Long-term variability in atmospheric circulation patterns can produce multi-year to multi-decade drought or wet periods.
- Changes in the type, frequency and intensity of winter and summer precipitation events can impact riparian area ecosystem function by changing streamflow regimes (droughts to floods).
Figure 6.1. Flooding.
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