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<br />CHAPTER 4 <br />COLORADO FLOOD HISTORY <br /> <br />The following flood accounts are typical for flood events which have occurred in Colorado, <br />but are, by no means, a complete history of such, They are presented here to give some <br />insight as to the source and magnitude of floodwaters affecting the State of Colorado. <br /> <br />The flood history is broken down into the major river basins of Colorado: <br /> <br />South Platte River Basin <br />Arkansas River Basin <br />Rio Grand River Basin <br />Colorado River Basin <br /> <br />Flood history within each river basin is divided into flood history of the main river of each <br />basin, then flood histories of the major tributaries in each basin, starting upstream and <br />continuing downstream in each basin, <br /> <br />The map below shows the locations of thH rivers: <br /> <br />,... <br />41. -r- <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />,... <br /> <br />101' <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />,,,. <br /> <br />'''' <br /> <br />'''' <br /> <br />'''' <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />". <br /> <br />Colorado Flood <br />Hydrology Manual <br /> <br />4,1 <br /> <br />a:w=r <br />