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<br />TABLES
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<br />I. Generalized stratigraphic colunm oflhe Upper Colorado River Basin study unit ,..,....................,........,..............,.. 5
<br />2, Physical and chenucal characteristics of typical soils in Ihe Upper Colorado River Basin sludy unil...,..............,.. 10
<br />3, Major interbasin water transfers, waler diversions, reservoirs, and municipal discharges in Ihe
<br />Upper Colorado River Basin study unit ........................,..,..................................'....,........................,............,.......... \ 7
<br />4, Estimated watcr use in Ihe Upper Colorado River Basin study unit, 1990..................,............,................,.............. 18
<br />5, Generalizcd water budget for thc Upper Colorado River Basin sludy uni1....,..................,......,........................,...... 19
<br />6, Hydrologic characteristics of selected surface-water stations in the Upper Colorado River Basin study uniL......, 19
<br />7, General hydrologic description of selected aquifers in Ihe Upper Colorado River Basin study unil............,..,......, 25
<br />8, Major aqualic biologicallaxa in the Southern Rocky Mountains and Colorado Plaleau physiographic
<br />provinces of the Upper Colorado River Basin study unit ....,....,............,......................................................,.........., 27
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<br />CONVERSION FACTORS, ABBREVIATIONS, AND VERTICAL DATUM
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<br />MulUply
<br />
<br />By
<br />
<br />To obtain
<br />
<br />acre
<br />acre-fool (acre-ft)
<br />acre-foot per year (acre-fl/yr)
<br />cubic foot per second (ft]/s)
<br />fnol (ft)
<br />fOol squared per day (n'/d)
<br />gallon (gal)
<br />gallon per minule (gaVmin)
<br />inch (in,)
<br />inch per hour (in/h)
<br />inch per year (inJyr)
<br />mile(mi)
<br />million gallons per day (MgaVd)
<br />square mile (mP)
<br />Ion
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<br />4,047
<br />1,233
<br />1.233
<br />oms
<br />0,304&
<br />0,09290
<br />3,7S5
<br />0,0630&
<br />25.4
<br />25,4
<br />25.4
<br />t,609
<br />O,043S1
<br />2,59
<br />0,9072
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<br />square meter
<br />cubic meter
<br />cubic meter per year
<br />cubic meter per second
<br />meter
<br />meter squared per dny
<br />liler
<br />liler per second
<br />millimcler
<br />millimeter per hour
<br />millimeter per year
<br />kilometer
<br />cubic meter per second
<br />square kilotneter
<br />mcgagram
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<br />Degree Fahrenheit (OF) may be converted to degree Celsius (oC) by using the following equation:
<br />oC'" 5/9 (OF-32),
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<br />The following abbreviation also is used in this report:
<br />milligram per liter (mglL)
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<br />Sea level: In this report "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVDof 1 929}---a geodefic datum derived Ii-om
<br />a general adjustment of the tirst.order level nets of both the United Stales and Canada, formerly cal!ed Sea Level Datum of '929.
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