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This
book
reviews
the
U.S.
Army
Corps
of
Engineers'
(USACE)
investigations
of
flood
control
options
for
the
American
River
basin
and
evaluates
flood
control
feasibility
studies
for
the
watershed,
with
attention
to
the
contingency
assumptions,
hydrologic
methods,
and
other
analyses
supporting
the
flood
control
options.
This
book
provides
detailed
comments
on
many
technical
issues,
including
a
careful
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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
...
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We
in
the
United
States
have
almost
come
to
accept
natural
disasters
as
part
of
our
nations
social
fabric.
News
of
property
damage,
economic
and
social
disruption,
and
injuries
follow
earthquakes,
fires,
floods
and
hurricanes.
Surprisingly,
however,
the
total
losses
that
follow
these
natural
disasters
are
not
consistently
calculated.
We
have
no
formal
system
in
either
the
public
or
private
sector
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