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TABLES <br />1. Generalized stratigraphic column of the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit ................................................... 5 <br />2. Physical and chemical characteristics of typical soils in the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit ..................... 10 <br />3. Major interbasin water transfers, water diversions, reservoirs, and municipal discharges in the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin study unit .................................................................................................................... 17 <br />4. Estimated water use in the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit, 1990 ............................................................... 18 <br />5. Generalized water budget for the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit .............................................................. 19 <br />6. Hydrologic characteristics of selected surface-water stations in the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit......... 19 <br />7. General hydrologic description of selected aquifers in the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit ....................... 25 <br />8. Major aquatic biological taxa in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plateau physiographic <br />provinces of the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit ......................................................................................... 27 <br />CONVERSION FACTORS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND VERTICAL DATUM <br />Multiply <br />By <br />To obtain <br />acre 4,047 square meter <br />acre-foot (acre-ft) 1,233 cubic meter <br />acre-foot per year (acre-ft/yr) 1,233 cubic meter per year <br />cubic foot per second (ft3/s) 0.028 cubic meter per second <br />foot (ft) 0.3048 meter <br />foot squared per day (ft2/d) 0.09290 meter squared per day <br />gallon (gal) 3.785 liter <br />gallon per minute (gal/min) 0.06308 liter per second <br />inch (in.) 25.4 millimeter <br />inch per hour (in/h) 25.4 millimeter per hour <br />inch per year (in/yr) 25.4 millimeter per year <br />mile (mi) 1.609 kilometer <br />million gallons per day (Mgal/d) 0.04381 cubic meter per second <br />square mile (mil) 2.59 square kilometer <br />ton 0.9072 megagram <br />Degree Fahrenheit (°F) may be converted to degree Celsius (°C} by using the following equation: <br />The following abbreviation also is used in this report: <br />milligram per liter (mg/L) <br />Sea level: In this report "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD of 1929~a geodetic datum derived from <br />a general adjustment of the first-order level nets of both the United States and Canada, formerly called Sea Level Datum of 1929. <br />VI CONTENTS <br />