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Show Gonaral . ( -F F ) ortier and 72 ( Blnney Blaney ) , ( Technical Teelinical ) ( Bul- Bul ) letin No . 67 , ( Department Departnient ) of Agriculture ( Exhibit 68 , page 5 ) : The greater part of the basin and more 1 that part just below the ( month mouth ) Green River , is subject to sudden violent ( rainstorms rainstorins ) and ( resulting resultilig ) floods erode and ( ' ) off the unprotected surface soils . of the ( storms stornis ) ( deluge delticre ) small areas ( and aud ) i erosive action is proportionally limited 1 occasionally ( extensive exteiisive ) ( areas are-as areas ) receive 1 causing floods in several ( streams streamis ) transport large ( quantities qiiantities ) of ( debris de"bris debris ) . Miser in ( "The The ) San ( Jnan Juan ) River " Water Supply , , Paper No . 538 ( Exhibit 56 , page 55 ) : I in San Juan Canyon are ( nuiner- nuiner ninner- ninner ) and disastrous . They are known to have reached stages as ( Hgh high ) as 50 feet in the of the * * * narrower parts canyon . Swept ( away avay ) practically all trees and shrubs from the bottom of the canyon . The floods rush down the canyon with such speed and rise so ( rapidly Tapidly ) that all canyon voyagers * * * seek for ( Mgh high ) ( ground groand ) every camp site . * * * High waves and great speed that make boating in open rowboats impossible . Gregory , ( "The The ) Navajo Country , " Water Supply Paper No . ( 380 280 ) ( Exhibit 63 , pages 101 and 102 ) : The ( amount aniount ) and quality of rainfall ( and a-nd and ) evaporation , the nature of the soil and of ( vegetation vegetatioii ) , the effect of recent erosion , and the work of the wind ( combine conibille ) to produce |