4247

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 4247
• Author: Pucherelli, M. J. and R. C. Clark.
• Title: Comprehensive Report ‎(1986-1988)‎ on the Effects of Green River Flows on Backwater Habitat Availability as Determined by Remote Sensing Techniques ‎(Remote Sensing)‎.
• USFW Year: 1989.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver, Colorado.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Table 8. Green River interpreted cl~ss ~rea (mI) under seven flows at
Ouray, 1987.
Flow CFS
Class 5260 2423 1773 1687 1430 1381 1101
Riparian 4086766 4086766 4086766 4086766 4086766 4086766 4086766
Open W~ter 3082075 2518136 2323946 2306560 1917223 2104714 2039940
Vegetated island 844014 861634 841943 852539 842268 834764 aS2016
Vegetated sandbar 29126 18084 34259 35173 42901 57525 41853
Sandbar 337387 865925 1043947 1046071 1450857 1252744 1309951
Backwater 18789 H722 49852 52608 39954 30849 41177
Isolated pool 5336 1255 15350 20072 23740 31182 29892
Total 8403493 8393522 8396063 8399789 8403709 8398544 U01595

Table 9. Green River backwater numbers, area, and average size,
under seven flows at Ouray, 1987.
Backwa~er descriptors Flow CFS
5,260 2,423 1,773 1,687 1,430 1,381 1,101
Size class (m& )
Bank
<20 2 0 2 2 3 7- 1
>20<200 8 21 18 15 21 15 13
>200<500 1 5 6 5 8 8 7
>500<1000 2 1 4 4 4 1 3
>1000 3 4 7 10 11 9 11
Total backwaters 16 31 37 36 47 40 35
Total area 7,521 23,814 38,500 39,987 31,554 22,243 30,532
Average size 470 768 1,041 1,111 671 556 872
Channel
<20 1 0 2 6 0 3 1-
>20<200 16 15 9 17 11 18 11
>200<500 6 3 5 5 5 9 5
>500<1000 3 6 5 4 1 3 2
>1000 2 5 2 2 2 1 3.
Total backwaters 28 29 23 34 19 34 22
Total area 11,268 17,908 11,352 12,621 8,400 8,606 10,645
Average size 402 618 494 361 442 253 484
Total Backwaters 44 60 60 70 66 74 57
Backwaters/mile 4 5 5 6 6 7 - 5
Total Area 18,789 41,722 49,852 52,608 39,944 30,849 41,177
Area/mile 1,678 3,725 4,451 4,697 3,566 2,754 3,677
Average Size 427 695 831 741 605 417 722