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This paper will discuss some of the problems which present themselves in the spreading of flood-waters. To those who have devoted some study to the mechanics of spreading, it soon becomes apparent that no two cases of spreading are alike, but that each has its own characteristics. This is not surprising for the simple reason that permeability, upon which the success of spreading naturally depends, is a combination of a number of contributing elements. There is the mechanical, mineral, and chemical composition of the spreading constituents of the spreading-grounds; the character of the vegetal cover; the depth to the. water-table; the gradient of the terrain, and finally, the percentage and composition (mechanical, chemical, and mineral) of the bed-load, silt, and colloids.

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Remarks on water-spreading

This paper will discuss some of the problems which present themselves in the spreading of flood-waters. To those who have devoted some study to the mechanics of spreading, it soon becomes apparent that no two cases of spreading are alike, but that each has its own characteristics. This is not surprising for the simple reason that permeability, upon which the success of spreading naturally depends, is a combination of a number of contributing elements. There is the mechanical, mineral, and chemical composition of the spreading constituents of the spreading-grounds; the character of the vegetal cover; the depth to the. water-table; the gradient of the terrain, and finally, the percentage and composition (mechanical, chemical, and mineral) of the bed-load, silt, and colloids.

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spreading of floodwaters

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A. L. Sonderegger,.Remarks on water-spreading. 17 (2),474-476.

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