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Overview of runoff of March 11, 1995, in Fortymile Wash and Amargosa River, Southern Nevada

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/177392· OSTI ID:177392
Yucca Mountain, approximately 120 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, is being studied by the US Department of Energy as a potential repository for long-term storage of the Nation`s high-level nuclear waste. This site-characterization study includes elements pertaining to surface-water runoff, including the potential for flooding. The US Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the US Department of Energy, is monitoring streamflow in southern Nevada through a network of stream-flow gaging stations and miscellaneous streamflow measurements in support of the site-characterization effort.
Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AI08-92NV10874
OSTI ID:
177392
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/10874--T3; ON: DE96004391
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English