Excerpt from Reservoir Sedimentation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Drainage Basins, California The specific area investigated is confined to the sacramento-san joaquin-tulare Lame Basins. Areas not included in the investigation 'were the Tehachapi Range, the Coast Range section on the southwest side of the San Joaquin Basin, the Diablo Range, the southern tip of the northern Coast Range, and the drainage areas above Shasta Dam. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This report contains the results of an investigation made to determine the effects of sedimentation on the useful life and on the plan of operation of the flood-control and multiple-purpose reservoirs proposed by the District Engineer, Corps of Engineers, War Department, in the comprehensive flood-control survey report on Sacramento-San Joaquin Basin streams, California, dated 1 February 1945.