| Abstract: | The magnitude and frequency of large floods that have occurred in recent years in the basin of the Red River of the North have caused concern that land-use changes and manmade drainage have increased flooding. This study was undertaken to determine whether any changes in flood response of the basin could be documented. A review of the hydrologic setting, previous floods, flood-control measures, and probable effects of land-use changes shows that the flooding problem of the Red River basin is complex hydrologically, highly variable historically, and follows a regional pattern. Therefore, a change in flood response of the basin is difficult to identify. The flood-frequency, normalized-hydrograph, double-mass, and regression analyses show little indication of significant change in flood response of the Red River basin at locations on the main stem. However, the large variation in flood discharges may mask or dwarf small changes in response. |
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| ProdID: | 2314 |
| Citation Author: | Miller, Jeffrey E.; Frink, Dale L. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 103 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. G.P.O., |
| Citation Series: | Water Supply Paper |
| Citation Series Code: | WSP |
| Citation Series Number: | 2243 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Changes in flood response of the Red River of the North basin, North Dakota-Minnesota; 1984; WSP; 2243; Miller, Jeffrey E.; Frink, Dale L. |
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| Citation Year: | 1984 |
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| Text: | Changes in flood response of the Red River of the North basin, North Dakota-Minnesota; 1984; WSP; 2243; Miller, Jeffrey E.; Frink, Dale L. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/2243/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/2243/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. G.P.O., |
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http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr82774
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