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... caused the Geological Survey to accelerate completion of the standard large - scale map coverage of the United States to 1989. To reach our goal , we began publishing provisional edition maps in 1982. These interim products have the ...
... caused the Geological Survey to accelerate completion of the standard large - scale map coverage of the United States to 1989. To reach our goal , we began publishing provisional edition maps in 1982. These interim products have the ...
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... caused by rain , by melting snow and ice , or by the bursting of structures that man has erected to protect himself and his belong- ings from angry waters . An inland , freshwater flood is any abnor- mally high streamflow that overtops ...
... caused by rain , by melting snow and ice , or by the bursting of structures that man has erected to protect himself and his belong- ings from angry waters . An inland , freshwater flood is any abnor- mally high streamflow that overtops ...
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... caused moderate flooding on some streams . Many of the outstanding peak flood flows during December were on large streams because of the generally wide- spread and long duration of the rainfall . Previous peaks of record were exceeded ...
... caused moderate flooding on some streams . Many of the outstanding peak flood flows during December were on large streams because of the generally wide- spread and long duration of the rainfall . Previous peaks of record were exceeded ...
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... caused by the early December storm , and the south- eastern part of the State received addi- tional flooding from the late December storm . Peaks of record were exceeded at many locations . An outstanding example occurred near ...
... caused by the early December storm , and the south- eastern part of the State received addi- tional flooding from the late December storm . Peaks of record were exceeded at many locations . An outstanding example occurred near ...
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... a tributary of the Pearl River , near Slidell , Louisiana , April 11 , 1983 . ( Photograph by Verne Schneider , Water Resources Division , U.S. Geological Survey . ) 11 10 caused flooding with a frequency in excess of 100 years.
... a tributary of the Pearl River , near Slidell , Louisiana , April 11 , 1983 . ( Photograph by Verne Schneider , Water Resources Division , U.S. Geological Survey . ) 11 10 caused flooding with a frequency in excess of 100 years.
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