FLOOD03848

• County: Denver
• County: Jefferson
• Community: Denver County
• Stream Name: South Platte River
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Stream Stability Investigation South Platte River
• Date: 11/1/1983
• Prepared For: UDFCD Denver
• Prepared By: Michael Stevens
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Floodplain Report/Masterplan

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BIBLIOGRAPHY 52
IV. SEDIMENT ... . . . "
TABLES . "
8edMaterials "
8ankMaterials. . . " FIGURES . . 75
Suspended Sediment . " I
Sources of Data . " APPENDIX 90
Henderson . "
Others. . . . . . "
SedfmentYield . . . 26 , r
South Platte River " .
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BearCreek. " .
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Cherry Creek . . . " . I
ClearCreek. . 28
Sediment Balance . . 28 ,
Need for Data . . 28
V. flUVIAL /IIORPHOtOGY . . . . . . 29 I r
General ... . . 29 I ~
Hydraulic Geometry 29
Length. . . 29
Sinuosity . . . 29 I I
Slope ... . . 29
Width ... . 30 -
Depth ... . .. . . 30
Wfdth-to-Depth Ratio 31 I I
Bend$ ... . 31
River Alignment . . . 31
Bars and Vegetation 32 I I
v/. EXPECTEDCIlANGES.. . "
General ..... . ... . " I I
Developments in Metropolitan Denver 35
Responses ... . 36
Equilfbrium Slope 39 I I
Mining.... . 41
Vll. EFFECTS OF CHANGES . 43 I I
Flood Carrying Capacity 43
Man-Made Structures " ]
Major Tributaries " I
VITI. SllMMAIlY , . , . "
IX. RECOMMENDATIONS " I 1
General ... . . " I J
Program for Development . . . . 49
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