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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2860 <br /> <br />Climate <br /> <br />The Ute MountiJin Indian Reservation has a semiarid <br />climate. precipitation rLinges from about 8 inches <br />annually in the south'vestern part to more than 18 inches <br /> <br />on Mesu. Verde. Figure 5 shO\;s the distribution of precipitation <br /> <br />Figure 5 (caption on ncxt page) belongs near hct"c. <br /> <br />in the project area and surrounding areas of.Colorado. The <br />average annual precipitation at stations on the reservation <br />ranges from 12.89 inches iJt Cortez to 18.42 inches at Mesa <br />Verde National Park headquarters. Average monthly precipita- <br />tion at weat],er stations at Cortez and Mesa Verde National <br /> <br />Park headquarters is shown in figure 6. <br /> <br />The heaviest <br /> <br />Figure 6 (ciJption on next page) belongs ne3.r here. <br /> <br />precipitation normally lS in the late surruner from typically <br />sudden violent thundershowers. <br /> <br />",'" 0 <br />