BulletinU.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - Meteorology |
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... probably that of 1785 , " L'annee des grandes eaux , " when the river at St. Louis is said to have reached a stage corresponding to a height of 42 feet 11 on the present gage , or 0.6 foot higher than The Ohio and Mississippi floods of ...
... probably that of 1785 , " L'annee des grandes eaux , " when the river at St. Louis is said to have reached a stage corresponding to a height of 42 feet 11 on the present gage , or 0.6 foot higher than The Ohio and Mississippi floods of ...
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... probably be higher than have yet been recorded . It appears that the precipitation that directly causes the Ohio and Mississippi floods is due to a single type of storm known as " The Southwest " type , for the reason that usually it is ...
... probably be higher than have yet been recorded . It appears that the precipitation that directly causes the Ohio and Mississippi floods is due to a single type of storm known as " The Southwest " type , for the reason that usually it is ...
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... probably sufficient to make one - half inch of water , over the northern portion of the Ohio River watershed . As the soil was deeply frozen after the long and cold winter , this large snowfall was equivalent to another heavy rain , and ...
... probably sufficient to make one - half inch of water , over the northern portion of the Ohio River watershed . As the soil was deeply frozen after the long and cold winter , this large snowfall was equivalent to another heavy rain , and ...
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... probably stand for the future , it being assumed that the losses through crevasse effect during the flood of 1912 were about the same at Cairo as at Memphis . Comparative duration . - Table No. VIII shows the number of days the rivers ...
... probably stand for the future , it being assumed that the losses through crevasse effect during the flood of 1912 were about the same at Cairo as at Memphis . Comparative duration . - Table No. VIII shows the number of days the rivers ...
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... probably modified considerably by the return of the overflow and crevasse water which would operate to prolong the flood period . It is noted , however , that the extreme flood heights were more prolonged in 1912 than in 1882 , 1897 ...
... probably modified considerably by the return of the overflow and crevasse water which would operate to prolong the flood period . It is noted , however , that the extreme flood heights were more prolonged in 1912 than in 1882 , 1897 ...
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