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What
happens to the creek?
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Just as water must originate
somewhere, it also must go somewhere. As Sabino
Creek flows through the canyon, some water evaporates
into the air as water vapor.
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The remaining portion infiltrates
into creek sediments
and travels downward to the aquifer.
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During large streamflow events, evaporation, transpiration,
and infiltration
infiltration remove only a fraction of the water
within the canyon. Most of the water flows much
further downstream and recharges the Tucson Basin
aquifer
. At these times, Sabino Creek waters flow into
Tanque Verde Creek, which in turn flows into Rillito
Creek, and later into the Santa Cruz River.
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