The accumulation of river water between Cape Cod and Chcvipcakc Bay 



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The major rivers discharging into this region, their gaged dramagc basin and the 

 average rates of flow, are Hsted in Table II. The total drainage area is estimated to 

 be 1 16,000 square statute miles, nearly 62% of which is gaged in those rivers. Assuming 



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Fig. 1 . The continental shelf from Cape Cod to Chesapeake Bay, showing the areas used m 1 able I 

 and Fig. 2. The dashed line in Area E indicates the southern limit of Area D' and the northern 



hmit of Area E' used for the summer observations. 



the ungaged area to have similar drainage characteristics, the total river flow into 

 this region is 167,764 cubic feet per second. The volume of water contributed by the 

 rivers annuaUy is thus 5-29 x 10^- cubic feet, less than one per cent of the total 



