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Table 1. Regional flood frequency equations, Colorado <br />. discharge <br />[Q <br />in cubic feet per seco nd; A <br />drainage area <br />in s <br />uare miles <br />P l <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />i <br />h <br /> , <br />, <br />, <br />, <br />q <br />; <br />, mean annua <br />prec <br />p <br />tat <br />on, <br />n <br />nc <br />es; S, mean drainage-basin slope, in foot per foot] <br /> Recurrence Interval, Standard error Average standard <br /> in years Regression equation of the model, error of prediction, <br /> in percent in percent <br /> Mountain region <br /> 2 Q =11.0 (A) 0.663 (S+ 1.0) 3.465 58.5 59.6 <br /> 5 Q= 17.9 (A) 0.677 (S+ 1.0) 2.739 47.7 48.6 <br /> 10 Q = 23.0 (A) 0.685 (S+ 1.0) 2.364 43.7 44.6 <br /> 25 Q = 29.4 (A) 0.695 (S + 1.0) 2.004 41.4 42.3 <br /> 50 Q= 34.5 (A) 0.700 (S+ 1.0)1.768 41.4 42.3 <br /> 100 Q = 39.5 (A) 0.706 (S+ 1.0) 1.577 42.4 43.4 <br /> 200 Q= 44.6 (A) 0.710 (S+ 1.0) 1.408 44.2 45.2 <br /> 500 Q = 51.5 (A) 0.715 (S+ 1.0) 1.209 47.5 48.6 <br /> Rio Grande region <br /> 2 Q = 0.03 (A) 0.979 (p) 1.615 77.7 82.6 <br /> 5 Q = 0.12 (A) 0.940 (P) 1.384 64.0 67.9 <br /> 10 Q = 0.25 (A) 0.914 (P) 1.277 58.2 61.9 <br /> 25 Q = 0.52 (A) 0.884 (P) 1.117 53.4 56.8 <br /> 50 Q = 0.81 (A) 0.864 (P) 1.121 51.2 54.5 <br /> 100 Q = 1.19 (A) 0.846 (p) 1.074 49.9 53.3 <br /> 200 Q =1.67 (A) 0.828 (p) 1.036 49.5 52.9 <br /> 500 Q = 2.48 (A) 0.808 (p) 0.995 50.0 53.6 <br /> Southwest region <br /> 2 Q= 28.7 (A) 0.699 85.0 87.3 <br />• 5 Q = 50.5 (A) 0.693 74.1 76.1 <br /> 10 Q = 66.0 (A) 0697 71.4 73.4 <br /> 25 Q = 86.3 (A) 0.704 71.2 73.4 <br /> 50 Q = 102.0 (A) 0.709 72.8 75.0 <br /> 100 Q= 118.4 (A) 0.715 75.6 78.0 <br /> 200 Q = 135.5 (A) 0.720 79.1 81.7 <br /> 500 Q= 159A (A) 0.728 85.0 87.9 <br /> Northwest region <br /> 2 Q = 0.39 (A) 0.684 (p) 1.304 82.6 85.6 <br /> 5 Q= 2.84 (A) 0.674 (p) 0.833 71.5 74.0 <br /> 10 Q = 7.56 (A) 0.671 (P) 0.601 68.5 70.9 <br /> 25 Q = 20.6 (A) 0.669 (p) 0.362 67,1 69.7 <br /> 50 Q= 38.8 (A) 0.667 (P) 0210 67.2 69.8 <br /> 100 Q =104.7 (A) 0.624 75.0 76.7 <br /> 200 Q =118.5 (A) 0.624 77.8 79.6 <br /> 500 Q= 137.6 (A) 0.623 83,1 85.1 <br /> Plains region <br /> 2 Q = 39.0 (A) 0.486 234 258 <br /> 5 Q= 195.8 (A) 0.399 204 224 <br /> 10 Q = 364.6 (A) 0.400 212 234 <br /> 25 Q = 725.3 (A) 0.395 232 <br />256 <br /> 50 Q=1116 (A) 0.392 250 <br />278 <br /> 100 Q=1640 (A) 0.388 267 300 <br /> 200 Q= 2324 (A) 0.385 284 321 <br /> 500 Q = 3534 (A) 0.380 306 348 <br /> <br /> ESTIMATING MAGNITUDE OF PEAK DISCHARGES 9