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... River basins , the Texas Gulf Coast , the Great Lakes basin , coastal California , and the Colorado River basin . A description of many of these floods and of the Survey's role in responding to the floods is the subject of a major essay ...
... River basins , the Texas Gulf Coast , the Great Lakes basin , coastal California , and the Colorado River basin . A description of many of these floods and of the Survey's role in responding to the floods is the subject of a major essay ...
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... River basin , the Red River of the North basin , the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range in Washington and Ore- gon , the Sierra Nevada Range in California , and the mountains of Arizona . The flood- water results from melting snow that ...
... River basin , the Red River of the North basin , the eastern slopes of the Cascade Range in Washington and Ore- gon , the Sierra Nevada Range in California , and the mountains of Arizona . The flood- water results from melting snow that ...
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... River Basin Winter rainfall and temperature patterns began prematurely in late autumn . Two main storms , December 2 to 7 and December 24 to 29 , 1982 , were both re- lated to deep low - pressure troughs over Texas and the Southwest ...
... River Basin Winter rainfall and temperature patterns began prematurely in late autumn . Two main storms , December 2 to 7 and December 24 to 29 , 1982 , were both re- lated to deep low - pressure troughs over Texas and the Southwest ...
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Geological Survey (U.S.). Backwater from the Pearl River near Slidell , Louisiana , looking east along Old River Road , April 11 , 1983 . ( Photograph by Verne Schneider , Water Resources Division , U.S. Geological Survey . ) SPEEC 20 ...
Geological Survey (U.S.). Backwater from the Pearl River near Slidell , Louisiana , looking east along Old River Road , April 11 , 1983 . ( Photograph by Verne Schneider , Water Resources Division , U.S. Geological Survey . ) SPEEC 20 ...
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... River and the Tennessee Tombigbee River sys- tem were the hardest hit . More streams experienced record floods with frequencies in excess of 100 years . For the 6 - month period December 1 , 1982 , through May 31 , 1983 , the cumu ...
... River and the Tennessee Tombigbee River sys- tem were the hardest hit . More streams experienced record floods with frequencies in excess of 100 years . For the 6 - month period December 1 , 1982 , through May 31 , 1983 , the cumu ...
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