Increment Rates of Overbank Deposition in Major Floods, Table

Increment Rates of Overbank Deposition in Major Floods, Table

Table
river basin flood average thickness of
deposition (metres)

Ohio River January-February 1937 0.0024
Connecticut River March 1936 0.0347
Connecticut River September 1938 0.0223
Kansas River July 1951 0.0299

Source: Adapted from M.G. Wolman and L.B. Leopold, "River Flood Plains:
Some Observations on Their Formation," U.S. Geological Survey
professional paper no. 282-C, 1957, courtesy of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey

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