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Show 311 that the existence of these bars in the same position, substantially, an you have described them-- have you given every explanation that you care to make as to why that does not indicate a stable channel. A Well, I described in detail why there is a bar there at the Butterfly Bar and riffle. Q What do you say? Have you given all the explanation you care to make as to why, in your opinion, the fact that the position they occupy now is substantially the same as that they occupied in 1909-- does not indicate a stable channel? A Well, I have not said that they indicate a stable channel. I said they indicated instability. Q I see. Have you given every reason you care to give for that conclusion? If you have not, go ahead and give your further explanations. A Well, for instance-- You have bars that are formed by different-- some bars are formed by side washes; some bars are formed in bends; some bars are formed with crossing bars. Q Yes. A Now, there will always be a crossing bar, probably, in the same approximate location. For instance, the Farrer Bar is a crossing bar, typical. Now, a bar has maintained itself there for something like twenty years; as for as I know, there will always be a bar there. But the exact channel-- there is no relation to the channel over a crossing bar; it changes. The bars similar to the Butterfly Bar, I have attempted 2274 |