Alluvial Fan Flooding

by Division on Earth and Life Studies, Committee on Alluvial Fan Flooding, National Research Council, et al.

Alluvial fans are gently sloping, fan-shaped landforms common at the base of mountain ranges in arid and semiarid regions such as the American West. Floods on alluvial fans, although characterized by relatively shallow depths, strike with little if any warning, can travel at extremely high velocities, and can carry a tremendous amount of sediment and debris. Such flooding presents unique problems to federal and state planners in terms of quantifying...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309055423
• ISBN13: 9780309055420
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.2" x 10.9"