Water-supply Paper, Bände 448-451U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 |
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11 miles 9 miles affected by ice Bayou tributary Brazos River Colorado River county line Creek tributary depth in inches Discharge in second-feet discharge measurements Dog Town Fork Drainage area eastern ending Sept feet flows easterly flows southeasterly flows southerly Fork of Brazos Fork of Red Fork of Trinity Guadalupe River Gulf of Mexico Hall County intermittent stream flowing July junction June Lake Little River miles east miles north miles northwest miles south miles southeast miles west Mississippi Monthly discharge Mountain Neches River northeast northerly northern Nueces River Prairie Dog Town Rating curve Red River Red River tributary rises 2 miles rises in southwestern Run-off depth Sabine River San Jacinto River Sec.-ft Slope small intermittent stream small stream flowing southern southwest Spring square miles Stage-discharge relation affected Sulphur River thence topographic map tributary to Brazos tributary to Red Trinity River Valley water-stage recorder western Wichita River
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Seite 74 - Maximum" gives the mean flow, as determined from the rating table, for the day when the mean gage height was highest. As the gage height is the mean for the day, it does not indicate correctly the stage when the water surface was at crest height and the corresponding discharge was consequently larger than given in the maximum column.
Seite 70 - Second-feet per square mile" is the average number of cubic feet of water flowing per second from each square mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. "Run-off in inches...
Seite 69 - That this officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the Geological Structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain...
Seite i - Price 15 cents. 32. Lists and Analyses of the Mineral Springs of the United States (a Preliminary Study), by Albert C.
Seite 74 - In the table of monthly discharge the column headed "Maximum" gives the mean flow for the day when the mean gage height was highest. As the gage height is the mean for the day it does not indicate correctly the stage when the water surface was at crest height and the corresponding discharge was consequently larger than given in the maximum column.
Seite 74 - ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS The accuracy of streamflow data depends primarily on (1) the stability of the stage-discharge relation or, if the control is unstable, the frequency of discharge measurements, and (2) the accuracy of observations of stage, measurements of discharge, and interpretation of records. The station description states the degree of accuracy of the records.
Seite 69 - For gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States, and for the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells, and for the preparation of reports upon the best methods of utilizing the water resources.
Seite 155 - Occurrence and composition of well waters in the granites of New England, by FG Clapp Discusses proportion of successful wells and water supply and depth.
Seite 70 - DEFINITION OF TERMS. . The volume of water flowing in a stream — ^the "run-off" or "discharge" — is expressed in various terms, each of which has become associated with a certain class of work. These terms may be divided into two groups — (1) those...
Seite 153 - A review of the laws forbidding pollution of inland waters in the United States, by EB Goodell.