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Sediment discharge from highway cut-slopes in the Lake Tahoe Basin, California, 1972-74

Carl G. Kroll

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Streamflow and fluvial-sediment discharge data were collected at selected streams and highway gutters in the Lake Tahoe basin to determine the extent of erosion from highway cuts and to attempt to evaluate the effects of various landtreatment practices to reduce erosion.

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Streamflow and fluvial-sediment discharge data were collected at selected streams and highway gutters in the Lake Tahoe basin to determine the extent of erosion from highway cuts and to attempt to evaluate the effects of various landtreatment practices to reduce erosion.

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Streamflow and fluvial-sediment discharge data were collected at selected streams and highway gutters in the Lake Tahoe basin to determine the extent of erosion from highway cuts and to attempt to evaluate the effects of various landtreatment practices to reduce erosion.

Key concepts: Sediment, Hydrology (agriculture), Surface runoff, Environmental science, Erosion, Snowmelt, STREAMS, Structural basin

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