The first wells were drilled into the Ogallala during the drought years of the early 1930s.
在奥加拉拉钻的第一口井是在20世纪30年代早期的干旱年代。
This aquifer was named the Ogallala aquifer after the Ogallala Sioux Indians, who once inhabited the region.
这个含水层被命名为奥加拉拉含水层,以曾经居住在这个地区的奥加拉拉-苏族印第安人的名字命名。
The Ogallala aquifer is a sandstone formation that underlies some 583,000 square kilometers of land extending from northwestern Texas to southern South Dakota.
奥加拉拉含水层是一个砂岩地层,位于从德克萨斯州西北部延伸到南达科他州南部,约583000平方公里土地的地下。
More than 100,000 wells now tap the Ogallala.
现在有超过10万口水井开采于奥加拉拉河。
Water from rains and melting snows has been accumulating in the Ogallala for the past 30,000 years.
在过去3万年,雨水和融雪就一直在Ogallala 积聚着。
Ogallala water has enabled the High Plains region to supply significant amounts of the cotton, sorghum, wheat, and corn grown in the United States.
奥加拉拉河使高平原地区能够向美国供应大量棉花、高粱、小麦和玉米。
Later trails headed on north to Ogallala, Cheyenne, Glendive, and Miles City.
后来的火车更是向北部一些较远的城市行驶。
The Ogallala aquifer is a major source of drinking and irrigation water for America's central plains.
奥加拉拉蓄水层是美国中部平原饮用和灌溉用水的主要来源。
The area is the largest contiguous cotton -growing region in the world and is heavily dependent on irrigation water drawn from the Ogallala Aquifer.
该地区是全球最大的连续棉花种植区域在世界,并严重依赖灌溉水取自奥加拉拉蓄水层。
And GRACE has detected similar depletion in the U. S., as well, including the Ogallala Aquifer under the western plains and the groundwater in the California's Central Valley.
GRACE卫星在美国也监测到了同样的地下水消耗,包括西部平原的奥加拉拉含水层和加州中央峡谷地区的地下水大量消耗。
Our aquifers are draining faster than they can be replenished, and the biggest, Ogallala, which stretches from South Dakota to Texas, has seen localized drops in the water table of 150 feet.
我们的地下水使用比注入得更快并且更多,从南达科他州延伸到德克萨斯州的奥加拉拉的水量下降到150英尺。
Our aquifers are draining faster than they can be replenished, and the biggest, Ogallala, which stretches from South Dakota to Texas, has seen localized drops in the water table of 150 feet.
我们的地下水使用比注入得更快并且更多,从南达科他州延伸到德克萨斯州的奥加拉拉的水量下降到150英尺。
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