Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Southern California Coastal Processes
Author: Report on Floods of January and February 1969 in Southern California
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Los Angeles DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Hydraulic Data Inventory Southern California Coastal Zone Ragged Point (San Luis Obispo County) to Mexican Border
Author: Coastal Zone ...
Author: Open-file Report
Author: Report on Floods, Central Valley of California
Author: United States. Army. Corps of EngineersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central Valley (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Abstracts of DWR Publications
Author: California. Department of Water ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Author: Alluvial Fan Flooding
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309185491
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Alluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by relatively shallow depths, strike with little if any warning, can travel at extremely high velocities, and can carry a tremendous amount of sediment and debris. Such flooding presents unique problems to federal and state planners in terms of quantifying flood hazards, predicting the magnitude at which those hazards can be expected at a particular location, and devising reliable mitigation strategies. Alluvial Fan Flooding attempts to improve our capability to determine whether areas are subject to alluvial fan flooding and provides a practical perspective on how to make such a determination. The book presents criteria for determining whether an area is subject to flooding and provides examples of applying the definition and criteria to real situations in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and elsewhere. The volume also contains recommendations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is primarily responsible for floodplain mapping, and for state and local decisionmakers involved in flood hazard reduction.