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Scientists make unexpected discovery beneath mountain range: 'We really are only beginning to understand it'

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Scientists found an underground aquifer beneath the central Oregon Cascades, holding at least 81 cubic kilometers of water.

That's almost three times the size of Lake Mead and more than half the volume of Lake Tahoe .

The timing couldn't have been more important as rising global temperatures are making droughts more frequent across the western U.S ..

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