<br />Table 1. Sampling tt11nd sampling lrequency. Colorado River. 1994-95
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<br />Site USGS
<br />number station
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<br />Sampling
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<br />Monthly Variations in
<br />Salinity and Relation to
<br />Streamflow
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<br />el~hl ,ile~ Hahlt' II amJ \H're ;mal~I<.'d fl'r
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<br />Ihrough S,'pl,'m!x'r ",'r,'mu.;hgrl';Ut'flhan
<br />I"n~-Icml a\l'rd~"" Illg_::.. f'"rt'\Jlllple.
<br />..lrC;II11I1"" In Jul~ 1<N5 ";1' ::"_'I"'n:t'nl ,,[
<br />Ih.' ...1 Cfage Jul~ -tr,....m!l"... for 1'J_;q-'I~, Al
<br />..It... ~"Ih<: ,Ire.mlti"... l,'r Jul~ "'" .W5 po:fl:cnl
<br />ollh,' .I\cragl' Jul~ 'lr~amll"" f"r l'j51-<l~
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<br />lit'" in ]<N:" a]"'..all....d 'J.llmt~ ;1I11,'ng 'ltC'
<br />h' I'C "Imi\;t.r unlil <',.lfl~ S~rlemll.:r, "hClllhc
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<br />In gl'n~ral. ...a]il1ll~ m Ih,' Cnl"f:.tJo Rl\er
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<br />SJhml~ lenJ, ["ll.: hlghcr.ll l"" 'Ir...amlln",
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<br />efle..:t..ol,lr"';1mllt'" nn..:.thmIY mIght Jep.:nJ
<br />It' ",>Ilk' J....gfl'l' ,'n tht' tlm,','l ~,,;u, S"hl\1l~
<br />".i,hlghnltnr'Ut',Jn"n..trt'amlwmlh...'
<br />Gunm...>n R"...r(..ne' h. 7. :mJ SIJunng
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<br />. MONTHLV AVERAGE STREAMFlOW, WATER VEAFl1990l
<br />. MONTHLV AVERAGE STREAMFLOW, WATER VEAR t995
<br />. AVERAGE LONG.TERM STREAMFl..OW 19J.t-94
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<br />Weekly Variations in Salinity
<br />and Relation to Streamflow
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<br />'lie !f<lm Jul~ I'N~ h' :\n\t'ml>t'r I't<j~...,
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<br />Figure 2. A~erage monthly streamflow tOI walel years 199-1 and 1995 and long.term
<br />monthly slreamllCM- for 1934--~ lor lt1e Colorado River n.ear Cameo at gaging stallOn 09095500
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