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... discharge and peak elevation are collected on ungaged streams in addition to the gaged sites to help determine the areal dis- tribution and magnitude of the floods . From data collected by the Geological Survey , information is ...
... discharge and peak elevation are collected on ungaged streams in addition to the gaged sites to help determine the areal dis- tribution and magnitude of the floods . From data collected by the Geological Survey , information is ...
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... discharge was more than 3 times the previous maximum . This flood was greater than a 100 - year event . Large flood peaks in Mississippi were mostly in the western part of the State . Only a few really unusual peaks occurred because ...
... discharge was more than 3 times the previous maximum . This flood was greater than a 100 - year event . Large flood peaks in Mississippi were mostly in the western part of the State . Only a few really unusual peaks occurred because ...
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... discharge had a frequency greater than 200 years . Of further interest at this location , only one flood greater than a 25 - year event had been experienced dur- ing the first 78 years of record and that was in the first year of ...
... discharge had a frequency greater than 200 years . Of further interest at this location , only one flood greater than a 25 - year event had been experienced dur- ing the first 78 years of record and that was in the first year of ...
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... discharge was 33,000 cubic feet per second ; however , since the 1958 flood , Cache Creek has been partially controlled by the Indian Valley Reservoir , which was completed in 1974. The March 2 , 1983 , peak discharge on the Sacramento ...
... discharge was 33,000 cubic feet per second ; however , since the 1958 flood , Cache Creek has been partially controlled by the Indian Valley Reservoir , which was completed in 1974. The March 2 , 1983 , peak discharge on the Sacramento ...
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... discharge on the Truckee River at Reno is 657 cubic feet per second for 55 years of record . The projected average flow for the 1983 water year is estimated at approximately 2,000 cubic feet per second . Pyramid Lake , the closed ...
... discharge on the Truckee River at Reno is 657 cubic feet per second for 55 years of record . The projected average flow for the 1983 water year is estimated at approximately 2,000 cubic feet per second . Pyramid Lake , the closed ...
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