9608

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9608
• Author: FLO Engineering Inc.
• Title: Establishment of a Green River Gage in Canyonlands National Park, Utah 1995-1996.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Breckenridge, CO.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Table of Contents
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Listof Tables ................................................................... iii
Listof Figures .................................................................. iii
Listof Photos ................................................................... iii
Listof Key Words ............................................................... iii
Project Funding and Support ....................................................... iv
Acknowledgments ............................................................... iv
Introduction .................................................................... 1
Project Goals .............................................................. 1
Site Description ........................................................... 2
Canyonlands Geology and River Geomorphology ..................................... 3
Canyonlands Geology ....................................................... 3
River Geomorphology ...................................................... 3
Response to High Flows ..................................................... 3
River Ilydrology ................................................................. 5
General .................................................................. 5
Peak Flows, Mean Annual Flows and Base Flows ................................. 5
Discharge Frequency ....................................................... 7
Flow Duration ............................................................. 8
River Gage Installation and Data Collection ......................................... 8
General .................................................................. 9
Discharge Measurements .................................................... 9
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Results ....................................................................... 11
General ................................................................. 11
Derivation of a Rating Curve ................................................ 11
Discharge Correlation with Upstream Level Logger Data and
USGS Gaging Station Discharges ...................................... 14
Temperature ............................................................. 14
Conclusions .................................................................... 18
Recommendations .............................................................. 19
References ..................................................................... 20
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