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Recharge characteristics of the aquifers over the Jeddah-Makkah-Taif region of the Western Saudi Arabia were studied through environmental isotope techniques. Space and time variation of oxygen-18, deuterium and tritium in rainfall and in groundwater were analyzed. Variation of oxygen-18 with respect to the altitude in rain and groundwater are expressed as δ018 = −4h + b and δ018 = −1.4h − 0.70 respectively. The intercept of the regression equation for rain samples varies in a range of −2 to 8‰ 018 indicating seasonal changes and multitude of moisture sources in the area. The recharge area is the mountainous zone. Recharge is either direct or from the floods moving to the downstream reaches.
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Basmaci, Y., Al-Kabir, M. (1988). Recharge Characteristics of Aquifers of Jeddah-Makkah Taif Region. In: Simmers, I. (eds) Estimation of Natural Groundwater Recharge. NATO ASI Series, vol 222. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7780-9_23
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