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Page 4
Flood plains are normally dry-land areas that act as natural reservoirs and
temporary channels for floodwaters. If more flow is generated than the stream
banks can accommodate, the water will overtop the banks and spread over the
flood plain ...
Flood plains are normally dry-land areas that act as natural reservoirs and
temporary channels for floodwaters. If more flow is generated than the stream
banks can accommodate, the water will overtop the banks and spread over the
flood plain ...
Page 14
Photographs of Colville, Washington, and vicinity taken August 6, 1983, showing
the rectilinear pattern of the urban area (airport on the east; sewage treatment
facility on the west) surrounded by agricultural land (alfalfa and grain fields) and ...
Photographs of Colville, Washington, and vicinity taken August 6, 1983, showing
the rectilinear pattern of the urban area (airport on the east; sewage treatment
facility on the west) surrounded by agricultural land (alfalfa and grain fields) and ...
Page 45
Geologists from the Geological Survey assisted the Utah Survey in hazard
appraisals in areas of population concentration. The lack of fatalities caused by
landsliding was due in large part to the well-organized response of the Utah
Survey in ...
Geologists from the Geological Survey assisted the Utah Survey in hazard
appraisals in areas of population concentration. The lack of fatalities caused by
landsliding was due in large part to the well-organized response of the Utah
Survey in ...
Page 81
This highly productive aquifer system underlies all of Florida, southeastern
Georgia, and small parts of adjoining Alabama and South Carolina, for a total
area of about 1 00,000 square miles. A total of about 3 billion gallons of water per
day is ...
This highly productive aquifer system underlies all of Florida, southeastern
Georgia, and small parts of adjoining Alabama and South Carolina, for a total
area of about 1 00,000 square miles. A total of about 3 billion gallons of water per
day is ...
Page 83
Regional long-term declines in water levels greater than 20 feet are shown on
the illustration (stippled areas). As of 1 980, about 640 million gallons per day,
mostly for industrial use, were being withdrawn from the coastal strip of
southeastern ...
Regional long-term declines in water levels greater than 20 feet are shown on
the illustration (stippled areas). As of 1 980, about 640 million gallons per day,
mostly for industrial use, were being withdrawn from the coastal strip of
southeastern ...
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| Title | United States Geological Survey Yearbook |
| Author | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Publisher | The Survey, 1983 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 15 Jun 2009 |
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