Sentences with phrase «streams at lower elevations»

Like many mountain ecosystems, Niwot Ridge serves as an important «water tower,» regulating downhill water flow as snowmelt replenishes lakes and streams at lower elevations.

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While glacier melt contributes water to the region's rivers and streams, retreating glaciers over the next several decades are unlikely to cause significant change in water availability at lower elevations, which depend primarily on monsoon precipitation and snowmelt, the committee said.