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Show 482 is, I understand, some two or three thousand acres in extent, largely bottom land." R. 1226- 1227 Within those rock limits, the Colorado River is exceedingly changeable. " The bare along the side of the river- incidentally the term ' bar' is used both to indicate alluvial deposit along the side of the river, or a submerged bar beneath the water's surface. " The bars along the side of the river had small trees on them. I should say that none of those trees were such in excess of twenty years of age, with a few possible exception. One exception is this Cataract bottoms, Moab basin, and in the Glen canyon section, the vicinity of Hite, and possibly a few others, but in general those bars had only comparatively young trees on them. " In addition to that there were, along the Colorado river, very many bars of comparatively narrow width, say, less than one hundred feet, which had not been in existence long enough to even start a growth of willows." R. 1227- 1228. There were very few cottonwoods, mostly willows. " We left Moab on August 25th, quite early in the morning. I note that at 9: 18 we passed Bile 59." R. 1228 The stream flow at Moab as obtained from the Cisco station by telephone the night before was approximately six thousand cubic feet per second. R. 1228- 1229. " Q Was the six thousand second feet below the confluence, or at Moab? " A At Moab, to the best of our ability to estimate it. In is subject to the final official corrections and computations at a later date by the authorities in charge |