| Abstract: | The Little Colorado River, in northeastern Arizona, is a major tributary of the Colorado River. Over a span of 74 years, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has mapped substantial migration of the river channel between the City of Winslow and the Navajo Nation community of Leupp (Tólchíí kooh). In a human lifetime, the river has moved more than 1 mile across its valley floor. Channel migration and flooding pose a considerable risk to the life and property of people living near the river. USGS scientists are working to better understand the potential for further channel adjustments and flooding to help provide communities at risk with the information they need to address these threats and make future development decisions. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 70005939 |
| Citation Author: | Block, Debra ; Redsteer, Margaret Hiza |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Western Region Geology and Geophysics Field Science Center—Flagstaff |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 4 p. |
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| Citation Public Comments: | In cooperation with the Navajo Nation |
| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 2011-3099 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | A dryland river transformed—the Little Colorado, 1936–2010; 2011; FS; 2011-3099; Block, Debra ; Redsteer, Margaret Hiza |
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| Citation Year: | 2011 |
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| Text: | A dryland river transformed—the Little Colorado, 1936–2010; 2011; FS; 2011-3099; Block, Debra ; Redsteer, Margaret Hiza |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_2011_3099.gif |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3099/ |
| Date Other: | Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey |
