USGS

Know Your Watershed: Measuring Streamflow

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A reservoir manager needs to know when and how much water to release.  A city manager needs to know how much water is available for new growth. An irrigator needs to know if sufficient water is available to open a ditch. A rafter would like to know if a certain river can be run. A … Read more

Climate in the Uncompahgre Watershed

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Did you know that the Uncompahgre river (the largest tributary to the Gunnison River) is approximately 75 miles long from the headwaters in Lake Como to it’s mouth in Delta?  In that journey it drops about 7,300 ft.  That is two and a half times the height of the world’s tallest building in Dubai, or … Read more

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