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' mid- to late-June were in a similar 16 to 20°C ran a but unlike conditions in the Yam a River, <br />g~ p <br />' mid- and late-summer water temperatures were usually declining and discharge was increasing. <br />Lower Browns Park temperature model predictions suggested that at base flows of <br />' 25 m3/s, water temperatures would exceed 19°C for nearly four weeks (Fig. 17). At base flows <br />' of 37.5 and 50 m3/s ,water temperatures were not predicted to exceed 18 and 17°C, respectively. <br />Water temperature predictions for models constructed for upper and lower Browns Park <br />' and lower Lodore Canyon showed a similar rate of decline as summer discharge increased when <br />air temperature was held at the mean daily summer average of 19.3°C (Fig 18). As expected, <br />' water temperatures were warmer at downstream sites, and at all discharge levels examined, <br />' temperatures warmed about 2°C at each successive downstream station. Consistent differences <br />between sites should be expected since the distances between the sites were similar. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />25 <br />