9513

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9513
• Author: Kuhn, G. and C. A. Williams.
• Title: Evaluation of Streamflow Losses Along the Gunnison River from Whitewater Downstream to the Redlands Canal Diversion Dam, near Grand Junction Colorado, Water Years 1995-2003.
• USFW Year: 2004.
• USFW - Doc Type: Reston, VA.
• Copyright Material: NO

14 Evaluation of Streamflow Losses Along the Gunnison River from Whitewater Downstream to the Redlands Canal Diversion
Dam, near Grand Junction, Colorado, Water Years 1995--2003
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EXPLANATION
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(See text for additional
explanation of box-
plotvalues.)
Figure 8. Distribution of differences between moving 3-day daily mean discharge at the upstream and downstream ends
of the Gunnison River study reach, water years 1995-2003.