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Hydrology of the Albemarle-Pamlico region, North Carolina : A preliminary report on the impact of agricultural developments Hydrology of the Albemarle-Pamlico region, North Carolina : A preliminary report on the impact of agricultural developments

Extensive agricultural land clearing and drainage operations underway in a 650 square mile part of the Albemarle-Pamlico region--a 1,634 square mile peninsula in North Carolina lying between Albemarle Sound on the North and the Pamlico River on the south--are changing the hydrology of the area. The artificial drainage system being constructed in the region, although it will probably...
Authors
Ralph C. Heath

Evaluation of reservoir sites in North Carolina: Regional relations for estimating the reservoir capacity needed for a dependable water supply Evaluation of reservoir sites in North Carolina: Regional relations for estimating the reservoir capacity needed for a dependable water supply

Draft-storage-frequency relations, which show the storage required for a reservoir to furnish a specified withdrawal or draft are regionalized for four zones in the State, using the mean annual flow of the streams as an index. The differences between the zones primarily reflect differences in the variability of stream flow. To assure the available draft will fall below 75 percent of the...
Authors
F.E. Arteaga, E. F. Hubbard

Drainage areas for Illinois streams Drainage areas for Illinois streams

Drainage areas were tabulated for all streams in Illinois which drain over 100 square miles. at sites where streamflow data have been collected, and at other selected locations. Areas were planimetered on U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps and balanced to known areas taken from Smithsonian Geographical Tables of areas of quadrilaterals of the earth's surface (procedures...
Authors
Kent M. Ogata
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