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*[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/13feb20/Draft_Mins_gk.pdf '''2012 HFE SEDIMENT''' There was '''550,000 to 780,000''' metric tons essentially sitting on the bed of the Colorado River in Upper Marble Canyon when the HFE was released. Virtually NO additional sediment was in Lower Marble Canyon beyond 30 Mile.] | *[http://www.usbr.gov/uc/rm/amp/amwg/mtgs/13feb20/Draft_Mins_gk.pdf '''2012 HFE SEDIMENT''' There was '''550,000 to 780,000''' metric tons essentially sitting on the bed of the Colorado River in Upper Marble Canyon when the HFE was released. Virtually NO additional sediment was in Lower Marble Canyon beyond 30 Mile.] | ||
| − | + | *[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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