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... flow from City Creek Canyon down State Street in order to control the May - June 1983 floodwaters . View of State Street , June 5 , looking north toward the Capitol Building . ( Photo- graph by Rulon Christiansen , U.S. Geological ...
... flow from City Creek Canyon down State Street in order to control the May - June 1983 floodwaters . View of State Street , June 5 , looking north toward the Capitol Building . ( Photo- graph by Rulon Christiansen , U.S. Geological ...
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... flow is generated than the stream banks can accommodate , the water will overtop the banks and spread over the flood plain causing social and economic disruption and damage to crops and structures . Floods can take place in the United ...
... flow is generated than the stream banks can accommodate , the water will overtop the banks and spread over the flood plain causing social and economic disruption and damage to crops and structures . Floods can take place in the United ...
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... flow stations that provide annual maximum stage and dis- charge data . During major floods , data on discharge and peak elevation are collected on ungaged streams in addition to the gaged sites to help determine the areal dis- tribution ...
... flow stations that provide annual maximum stage and dis- charge data . During major floods , data on discharge and peak elevation are collected on ungaged streams in addition to the gaged sites to help determine the areal dis- tribution ...
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... flows and land and rock slides . Localized floods , most often in urban areas , occurred with each storm . Flood ... flow volumes at many sites . Temperatures for most of the winter and spring remained well below normal , with only a ...
... flows and land and rock slides . Localized floods , most often in urban areas , occurred with each storm . Flood ... flow volumes at many sites . Temperatures for most of the winter and spring remained well below normal , with only a ...
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... flow roaring down Ophir Creek into Washoe Valley between Carson City and Reno . Pre- liminary estimates suggest that the flow traveled at speeds of about 20 miles per hour , with a peak - flow rate that may have been as great as 30,000 ...
... flow roaring down Ophir Creek into Washoe Valley between Carson City and Reno . Pre- liminary estimates suggest that the flow traveled at speeds of about 20 miles per hour , with a peak - flow rate that may have been as great as 30,000 ...
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