WSP09960

• File Number: 8407.600
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Kansas General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 6/1/1971
• Author: Kansas Water Resourc
• Title: Kansas Streamflow Characteristics - Part 8 - In-Channel Hydraulic Geometry of Streams in Kansas - Technical Report Number 8
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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IllUSTRATIONS

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Map of Kansas and adjoining areas showing location
of gag i ng stat ions. . . . . . .

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Graphs showing relation of width, depth, and
velocity to discharge at Pottawatomie Creek near
Ga rnett, Kans.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Graphs showing relation of width, depth, and
velocity to discharge at the Smoky Hill River
at E I kader, Kans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Photograph of Pottawatomie Creek near Garnett,
Kansas, which has a confined channel within stable
banks and a streambed of gravel and small rock.

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the Smoky Hill River at Elkader,
has a wide braided channel with

Photograph of
Kansas, which
sand banks. .

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for 1940-65,
Pottawa tom i e

Flow-duration curves of daily discharge
Smoky Hill River at Elkader, Kansas and
Creek near Garnett, Kansas. . . .

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7 Graphs showing relation of width, depth, and
velocity to 10-percent duration of discharge as
discharges increase downstream in the Republican,
Smoky Hill, and Kansas Rivers. Kansas. . .. .. 20

a Graphs showing statewide relations of width,
depth, and velocity to 10-percent duration of
d i scha rge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

9 Graphs showing statewide relations of width, depth,
and velocity to 50-percent duration of discharge. . 22

10 Graphs showing statewide relations of width,
depth, and velocity to aO-percent duration of

d i scha rge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

11 Graphs showing statewide relations of width,
depth, and vel oc i ty to average discharge. 24

12 Map showing mean discharge in Kansas. . . 26

13 Map showing regional values of variabil ity index
for areas of 500 square miles in Kansas. . . . . . . 27