Researchers discovered that the loss of water in the western part of the United States causes the entire landscape of the region to rise up.

They found out that the landscape of the region changed beyond water restrictions because of the severe drought experienced in the region.

Researchers claim that water storage has risen to 15 millimeters in California's mountains and four millimeters across the American west.

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Using a GPS data, they estimated the water deficit reached 240 gigatons which is equivalent to six-inch of water found in the entire western US.

Adrian Borsa from Scripps Institution of Oceanography said that starting from 2003 to 2014 they noticed a similar water pattern.

He said that all stations moved upward in the most recent years and coincided with the drought in Western United States.

Borsa noticed this while looking through various data sets of ground positions in highly precise GPS station found in the National Science Foundation's Plate Boundary Observatory.

Duncan Agnew, one of the researchers, says that data explained the rapid uplift of the tectonic plate on Western US.

He also noted that the rising of the Western US does not have any effect on San Andres fault and will not pose any danger of an earthquake.

Dan Cayan, another researcher involved in the study, said that their findings give a new picture of the hydrological state of the west.

He said that their result can quantify the amount of water that was lost in region over the past few years.

Cayan also explained that this is a new powerful way of tracking down water resources in the Sierra Mountains in Nevada and the California snowpack.

He added the results also demonstrated how GPS sensors can be used to study changes in fresh water and other regions around the world.