Show green river carries huge Volume Waler Water the green river parries an average of acre feet 0 of water past the town of green river wyot wyo ann annually bally the 1952 andua annual report 0 of f t the h e upper colorado river commission states this is approximately one sixth of the total amount of water that the upper colorado river basin states are under contract to deliver to the lower basin at lees r ferry annually a ily the average flow tor the te river at this point is based upon estimates and records covering the period the report shows the drainage supplying supplying water past green river includes miles between green river and linwood the Blacks fork lork adds another feet while other water is received from such small tributaries tributa ries as sage creek marsh creek and currant the henrys fork gauged at linwood sh shows aws an average annual flow of acre feet leet of which comes into the fork between alonet lonetree re and the green birch creek cree k and the burntfork Burnt fork are the most import ant contributors to this water other important contributors to the green river between this city and jensen utah where the average recorded flow Is placed at acre feet in la elude jude the humpa whose average at maybelle above its confluence with the little snake is acre feet the little snake at lily park a few miles above the confluence with the yampa averages acre feet the fall off from these totals to the average at jensen is not explained so some m e is due to evaporation aeple depletion tio n and a very small amount due to irrigation as the irrigated lands under water from these rivers in that area is comparatively continued on page pate 5 GREEN niven CARRIES i continued from page Fage 1 small I 1 an acre foot represent represents the amount ot water n ec essary to cover anatie an j acre of land with one foot of water distinguished from second feet the latter being the number of cubic feet of water pawl passing a aven given point every second in n h high gh water the green has a fl flow low of as much as second second feet at this point Green River star |