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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8200.300.40.A
Description
Colorado River Compact
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
3/27/1922
Author
Colorado River Com.
Title
Report of the Colorado River Commission Session Held at the State Capitol of Utah
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<br />. 0 <br /> <br />(3) 'l'he ~,lll1llircl Plt,in or v:lIey "retc--si tUe,ted below the <br /> <br />1,SOO footcolltour. <br /> <br />crca <br />Eet1"oen tbe lOVlest ~J!:rt of the v"11ey/en~ the highest pert <br /> <br />of the we.tor producinG r,re<" the difference in eleVLtion cpprox- <br />im': tes 14,000 feet, or 2ft miles. lrc,cticclly ,:11 of the weter <br /> <br />SU;i'lly C01;1es fror.l melting snow, on the elevLted wctershed c,re2., <br />rod rushes nnre8t~ined down the steep slope to the [11uvi21 <br />?1~i:1 or '!~'lle~7 below: In its \'Iild C01JrSe dOllItJ this decli\"ity, <br /> <br />the \-:~ter (',-O';"H1 ['reC't qur.nt1ties of m~,teri21 froJ:l the u:o,er <br /> <br />~'re.,' :nd de;)03i ts it on the lower c"oer:. to the gre~t cl.etrir.lent of <br /> <br />both ,re~g. ihe flow is d2n~erouslY exceesive "t one seeson, ond <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />discour~8in51y defi~ient C't ~nother. <br /> <br />All these, [od ~rob[bly other )hysiccl fe~tures of the <br /> <br />Colorr.c.o B~Gin ltre sioi1,'1.' to those of the strer,r~s in the Gre:!t <br /> <br />;3Elt Lake B!:sin - I heve 8\'idGntly lost so!~e of my notes _ <br /> <br />MR, CAliEUJ'l'J.JR: \lOn It ~'Otl tt,}:e tine to find them pleese'f <br /> <br />lB. D0R.LMUS: I rT~ unLule to find them but CLn proceed without <br />them. <br /> <br />\'het I w'lnted to sh01'! by this compt:rison wus th[ t the Colo- <br /> <br />r!:do l\1ver Basin i8 not dissimil!lr, excellt in tile ons fe::ture of <br /> <br />I!l['gnituda, to tl1e strsl.'p.] besins in the ;)tete of Uteh ~nd of this <br /> <br />entire mount['in resion. '.ehey :,11 h[,vs, ~,t le::.st three common <br /> <br />physic!:!l fee,tures, !:II ~:m:9hithelltre or c[.tchment basin, a portal <br /> <br />!<orr<e le':,1inp,' froM the 2111,hi thecltro, ['nd [: proud alluvial pls.in <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />below. <br /> <br />S.L. <br />
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