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9780935702989

Water, Rivers and Creeks

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  • ISBN13:

    9780935702989

  • ISBN10:

    0935702989

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ Science Books

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Table of Contents

Preface ix(2)
Foreword xi
Part I: Hydrology and Morphology 1(126)
Precipitation
3(6)
Water circulates from earth to atmosphere to earth
3(1)
Rain and snow
4(1)
Sources of moisture in the air
5(1)
Rainfall amounts
6(2)
Rainfall intensity
8(1)
Infiltration
9(8)
Evaporation
12(1)
Transpiration
13(1)
Movement of water within the soil
13(4)
Groundwater
17(22)
The water table and the aquifer
17(3)
Movement of water in saturated materials
20(2)
Field data to describe conditions underground
22(3)
Wells and groundwater withdrawal
25(3)
Replenishment of ground storage
28(5)
The groundwater resource
33(6)
Surface Water
39(20)
Concepts of surface runoff
39(5)
Water measurement and water data
44(5)
The hydrograph
49(2)
Channel storage
51(1)
The storage equation
52(4)
The velocity of water in channels
56(3)
The River Channel--Formation and Maintenance
59(58)
The sediment load
59(5)
Channel configuration and pattern
64(11)
The bankfull stage and the floodplain
75(11)
The joining of tributaries
86(6)
Flow frequency and floods
92(5)
The causes of floods--small basins
97(3)
The causes of floods--large basins
100(2)
Channel history--river terraces
102(13)
The riparian zone
115(2)
Rivers, Creeks, and Vegetation
117(10)
Soil, water, and plants
117(5)
The salts in water
122(5)
Part II: The Water Resource and Its Management 127(50)
Water Supply
129(10)
The water budget
130(3)
The fluctuating water supply
133(6)
Water Use
139(12)
Use of water in the home
140(1)
Use of water in the cities
141(1)
Annual use
142(2)
Irrigation
144(7)
Water Availability and Its Quality
151(4)
Safe drinking water; relation to population
151(4)
Land Management and Its Relation to Water
155(12)
Effects of Dams
155(4)
Flood control
159(8)
Demands and Disposal
167(8)
Water treatment
167(3)
Treatment of sewage and wastes
170(2)
Water power
172(3)
Water--Our Common Pleasure and Our Common Responsibility
175(2)
References 177(2)
Index 179

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