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Show + . ( M- M ) * , : mU . : * . JMtttCMAt 905 Wont downstream in 1894 . down , to . ( AztGG Aztao ) Rapids , , Colorado River ; between Tickaboo Bar and ( Aztac AztQc ) Creek , rapids every few miles all away down . . ( Worgfe 11"orat 11orat ) ones at mouth of ( Hanson 11anson ) Creek and the ( Bullfrog Bullfxog ) Rapids . ( R . 3572 . ) ( -P P ) Character of river with reference to floods is that in narrow places the river rises 75 or 80 ft , . above ( extreme extreine ) low level of river . ( R . ( 3572-3573 3572-30-73 ) ) ( At AA ) Hite and * Good Hope , highest rise in river was ( about tbout ) 21 or 22 ft . while he was there ; water so thick with silt and ( mud mud- mud ) could hardly settle it enough to get a drink . ( R . 3573 . ) These floods annual rises ( from froin ) melting of snow ( --others others ) ( freshets fresliets ) upstream , cloudbursts , etc . Floods ( from froin ) melting snow usually begin in April and end early in July ; during July and August , river very muddy from rains coming down little lateral canyons ; ( some- some ) times river very low , other ( times tinaes ) pretty good stage of water ; at that time more erratic , more rise and fall than at other times of year . ( R . 3573-3574 . ) Rising and falling water would destroy a sandbar and build it up another place ; never knew exactly where current was going to be . Any little obstruction would cause silt to settle and bar would form . ( Any- Any ) thing that would take that , it would crumble very fast , , and a channel would form in a short time . ( R . . 3574 . ) During September and October water usually low from then until following spring , except for rise caused by rains . ( R . . 3374 . ) |