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<br />AERIAL VIEWS
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<br />1962
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<br />DE8RIS FAN - migration of debris flow channeis
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<br />1969
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<br />Lorge vobl!:l" of ""'tec1,al, overtopped tn" \>an"g of the "",in cba"-nel and w.u
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<br />divert~d into ,He:l.S nf the fan that h"'d not been inun,j,.ted by debris for
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<br />s""e ctme. Th{~ dQcu,"cntcd mtllfatlo<l of d~hfts flo.. ch.ln~els pro"ld(!,~ do~r
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<br />eotd"[\~,, ~h,,~ .; n,~un~, '~el1-d"flnd Jabd~ flo", cha.nn.d only ~f"""C6 a
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<br />hlse sensa of security against f>Oten~ial debris flow da(oage.
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<br />Natural and 6eaeflclal Flood Plal~ Values
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<br />The Chalk Creek flood plain c~n be compared to an oasis, for like the oa"Ls
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<br />U h,,-~ Ii "ate' supply that <lurtur"s rip,,-rL:m v"ge~"tio" 1I"d ~hus suppll,," "
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<br />~QllfC" of food, cover and water for '.nldlHe in a~ are" ...here these survival
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<br />n~ed~ are at be.t ~Cafce. V,,~et~tton in the flood pla{rr cQ~$lats of cela-
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<br />tivcly lush, mixed llrolo'th~ of narro..-lenf cottonlo'ood, pinyon ptne, ponder,,"a
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<br />~ln~. a:'ru~e. "tder, ~"pe", ,..Ulo..s, ~te"'''tts, ..nd rose, ninebark. and a
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<br />",ide vartety {)f gn~ge5 a"d forbs. The MHO"'. ved"rlt Hood pLai" '..hh it5
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<br />div"r"~ vcgeta:ion is an aeHheticdlly pieas!.'", reli~f Ero:o the "'\Jeh dryer
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<br />liptanrl~ slirr"undtnll tt.
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<br />So"", of tn." htstoric vege~ation in the flood platn 11..:18 be~n dear~d for use
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<br /><is pa~t"re dLld hayland. This use, if no~ too exten3iw i8 beneftdal to
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<br />~~rto"" kind" "f <o'U<1Ufe hec"",,' tt pro"ide. "ddlU()n,~1 )",hHat nteh"..
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<br />These agrtcult'ual use." pro'ltM f<l< lrlte[spersion of habtt~t typ~" ilnd
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<br />create the "d~e-"ffea ~eemlni:ly l>r~ferred by "","y forms of "UdHfe.
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<br />B~""er 1',)Odq, as "eLL ,15 ,""n-T",de ponds, .ire fo""d t:', the fLo(}d pbln and
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<br />t~cr to" j1c':lVld" "dji~i"""l h"hl",c v"rl"Cy. Th"." ",,,thnd ..r",.," ""l'port
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<br />.<~""t Ie v",get.~tlll'1, ll\~ Lu'!lng ".ltt" l Ls ""d b'Llrusilc'''. ,lnd provede ....'terf""'l
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<br />""d "1L<>l'ehUd i",~lt:.L. L1 ~h~ ";'l'~r ~LlJ of ~;Le ."~uJy ~<~~ ~x.~elL,,"~
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