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Show must ( be bo ) ( taken 'taken taken ) into consideration 103 . This was done in ( Breiver-Elliott BreiverElliott Brenver-Elliott BrenverElliott ) Oil and Gas Company v . United States ; St . Anthony Falls ( Water 111'ater 111ater ) Power ( Company Coinpany ) v . Board of ( Water I'Vater IVater ) Commissioners ; Packer v . Bird ; Okla , ( homa hoina ) v . Texas , supra . The various witnesses have given their own ( defi- defi ) nitions of ( "rapids rapids ) . " The great majority have made no differentiation between little rapids , referred to by some as riffles , and the large rapids or cataracts . In general they have been described as ( obstruc obstruc- obstruc ) ¬ tions to the flow of the water of sufficient size to either raise the water or contract the width of the channel causing waves and high velocities . ( Cer Cer- Cer ) ¬ tain portions of the river have few , if any , rapids while in other stretches rapids predominate . For the purpose of clearness the rivers are divided into outstanding stretches as follows : ( Sections where rapids predominate are shown on Compl . Exhibit 5 , and tabulation in Compl . Exhibit 80 . ) Green River Green River , ( Wyoming 117yoming ) , to ( Utah-Wyoming UtahWyoming ) line . - Based upon Compl . Exhibit 10 , sheets 45 and 46 , the distance from Green River , Wyoming , to the ( Utah- Utah ) Wyoming line is 651 1 2 miles and the total drop 214 feet at a rate of 3.3 feet to the mile . Flaming Gorge , ( Plorseshoe Horseshoe ) Canyon , Kingfisher ( Can Can- Can ) ¬ yon , Red Canyon , Browns Park . ( -Powell Powell ) on his first expedition ( Compl . Exhibit 51 ) , notes many rapids , three of which required the boats to be either lined or portaged and an average progress of 13 miles per day . |