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This site provides two interactive exercises designed to help the user learn about river processes like discharge, flooding and flood frequency. Both exercises require the user to make observations and measurements, do simple calculations, and answer questions.
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Virtual
Earthquake
is
an
interactive
computer
program
designed
to
introduce
you
to
the
concepts
of
how
an
earthquake
epicenter
is
located
and
how
the
richter
magnitude
of
an
earthquake
is
determined.
The
program
operates
by
showing
you
a
seismogram
detected
by
instruments
far
away
from
the
earthquake.
You
are
to
locate
the
epicenter
of
an
earthquake
by
making
simple
measurments
on
three
seismograms
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This site describes flooding of the Red River, which crosses the United States/
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The
National
Weather
Service
maintains
this
small
series
of
flooding
accounts.
The
listings
include
important
information
on
the
antecedent
conditions
in
the
area
of
flooding.
Most
major
northeastern
floods
from
the
time
period
of
1927
to
the
present
are
discussed.
Though
the
number
of
examples
is
small,
they
represent
a
diversity
of
flood
conditions
and
are
useful
for
understanding
the
critical
conditions
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