Hydraulic geometry and streamflow of channels in the Piceance Basin, Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties, Colorado
Water-Resources Investigations Report
85-4118
By: J. G. Elliott and K. D. Cartier
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Abstract
The influence of streamflow and basin characteristics on channel geometry was investigated at 18 perennial and ephemeral stream reaches in the Piceance basin of northwestern Colorado. Results of stepwise multiple regression analyses indicated that the variabilities of mean bankfull depth (D) and bankfull cross-sectional flow area (Af) were predominantly a function of bankfull discharge (QB), and that most of the variability in channel slopes (S) could be explained by drainage area (DA). None of the independent variables selected for the study could account for a large part of the variability in bankfull channel width (W).
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Hydraulic geometry and streamflow of channels in the Piceance Basin, Rio Blanco and Garfield Counties, Colorado |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 85-4118 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri854118 |
| Year Published | 1986 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | iv, 28 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado |
| County | Garfiled County, Rio Blanco County |
| Other Geospatial | Piceance basin |
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