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A volumetric water budget of Devils Lake (USA): non-stationary precipitation–runoff relationships in an amplifier terminal lake

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Pages 1275-1291 | Received 08 Jul 2017, Accepted 06 Jun 2018, Published online: 07 Aug 2018

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