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*Eddies occur adjacent to rapids and the flow in the eddy is related to the flow characteristics in the rapid.  Sand bars were typically larger before the dam.(Science Background for HFE Planning- Jack Schmidt, GCMRC_KA 2013)
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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/02jan17/Attach_10b.pdf Sediment Presentation- AMWG Jan 2002]
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*[http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2014/11/high-flows-through-grand-canyon-national-park-met-mixed-reactions25903 The United States Geological Survey estimates that the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam only has 6 percent of the sediment that it received before the Glen Canyon Dam was built in the 1960s.]
  
 
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  • Sediment Goal 7 of the DFC's- Maintain or attain levels of sediment storage within the main channel and along shorelines to achieve ecosystem goals.
  • Sediment Goal 8 of the Strategic Plan- Maintain or attain levels of sediment storage within the main channel and along shorelines to achieve the AMP ecosystem goals.


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  • TWG Sediment Ad-Hoc Group formed November 8, 2001

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