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<br />Ma,'!:illl1tm di3charges vrecioll.s1v recorded for streams in, Rockll Mountain States.
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<br />2(JO 140 159 12
<br />64JO 129 00 1
<br />ClJO 105 1,4SO .5
<br />71J() 94 294 2
<br />~OO 61 742 1.5
<br />300 54 600 ~.....,... .
<br />00 48 ISO .......5.'2
<br />40 42 90
<br />00 39 900 ..........
<br />00 38 532 3
<br />4100 38 Il() 9.5
<br />liOO 34 251 .5
<br />()(JO 25 445 ..........
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<br />Mora River at La Cueva, N.Mex............... Sept, 29,1904
<br />GaIIlnas River at Hot Springs, N. Mex. . .... o' 0 Sept. 30,1904
<br />Canadian RIver at French/.N. Mex............. October, 1904
<br />Mora River at Weber.1'l. M.ex..............,... Sept. 30,1904
<br />Purgatoire RIver at Tnnidad, Colo.. ......0.... 0... .do.... '"
<br />North Fork 01 Sun RIver near Augusta, Mont,. June 21,1916
<br />Bear Creek at Morrison, Colo. . . ... .... . .. , .. .. 0 July 24, 1896
<br />Willow Creek near Augusta, Mont......o...o:.o May 26,1917
<br />Two Butte Creek at month, Colo.............., October, 1908
<br />North Fork 01 ClIChe la Poudre River at Liver.
<br />more, Colo............o....................... May 20,1904
<br />Willow Creek near August.!!. Mont. 0.0....". 0" June 23,1916
<br />Crow Creek at Cheyenne, wyo......... 0......0 May 20,1904
<br />Cherry Creek at Denver, Colo...... ......... .... July 14,1912
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<br />One of the most complete lists of Hood flows in various pnrts of the
<br />country is contained in a paper by Emil KuichlingY A general
<br />discussion of destructh-e floods in the United States is given in the
<br />following water-supply papers of the United States Geological Sur-
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<br />IlG. Destructive floods in tile United 8tates in 1003, by K C, Mmphy.
<br />147. Destructive floods in the United Stutes in 1904, by E. C. Murphy.
<br />162. Destructive floods in the Unltetl States In 1905, by E, C, Murphy and
<br />others. '
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<br />Many references to flood literature are also given in appendix 7 of
<br />the report of the Flood Commission, Pittsburgh, Pa. .
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<br />" Flood floWs: Am, Soc, Civil Eng. Trans., vol. 77. pp. 650-662, 1914.
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