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<br />,y <br /> <br />U01074 <br /> <br />PliW'J:E RI~:1 MSIN nJi/::fJTICATIOrrS <br /> <br />1'1"r~ II - lro;l(~'! PI.A'rT13 nIVT.:l D.!>.llIlil <br /> <br />--~---- <br /> <br />J- ~Eori~ive <br /> <br />!6. TopoCro,!l5l.. (Cent td) <br /><!it Pl:9f'llo (Cont'd) <br /> <br />Conllulti11{;the uppal' lot'l;-ha.nd portion of the dio.{;!'Illll, too relative <br /> <br /> <br />steepnese of tho !:oadwator stro!lJ:lS is indico.tod. The MichiGan Rivor drops fl.'om <br /> <br /> <br />lJll. 1O~85 at CttllOron Palls, to El. 8,500 at IJ'aworth Sohooi.- or falls 1,70, feet <br /> <br />i.n a diai;anee or Jl. bout 20""11dlos,-an Il.verll.{;6 rata of' llCLU'ly 90 foot per mile. <br /> <br />In l{orth Park proper the slopes 01' tJ:-..e various main tributaries appro- <br /> <br />ximtl;~O 15 to 20 foe'll [XlI' aile. From lis.worth School on the m.ohigtUl River to tho <br /> <br />Yiyarn1ne; line on 'tho North PlD.tte River, the total fall approximates 000 foe'll whioh, <br /> <br /> <br />in a distonoe by river 01' o.bout !}O miles. is Gqui valent to 16 feet pOl.' mile. <br /> <br />Along the north Platte River, iran the Colorado-Wyoming boundary, to <br /> <br /> <br />the high"'Kater Une oJ: Seminoe Rall'ermir" tl1Q total fall !I.pprOJdmateo 1,240 feet, <br /> <br />whiCh, in a distllll00 of 118 miloo, averages 10.5 feet per mile. <br /> <br />Through the oOJJ.y'ona, !'ran the high water Uno 01' Caminoe Resorvoir, <br />to tho ri\Tllr leval bllSe of Alcove. dam, tho .fall toto.ls 1160 foot, tho river leU"p;th <br />totals 78 mUes. and the ave,rago slope is 14.9 foot pol'!i!llile. <br /> <br />Fran Aloova dem, to too Wyanint:-~robrtu1kll. linG, a disttUloe 01' 242 miles, <br />too total ftlll is 1260 foot" and too elope averages 5.a feet pol' milo. <br /> <br />From tm YfJrom1ng-1'lobre.ska line, down to its mouth near North Platte, <br />Nebr., the North Plc.tte River 1'allG l240 {'eet in a distanca of 200 miles, or at too <br />rate of 6.2 1'eot per mils" <br /> <br />"'14" <br />