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larger part of the year the channel is almost dry. The area of 

 the drainage basin is one hundred and forty-three square miles. 

 In contrast with Queen Creek is Cedar Creek, in Washington. 

 The drainage area is the same as Queen Creek. It is heavily 

 timbered. In addition, the ground is covered with a heavy 

 growth of ferns and moss. The total annual rainfall in Cedar 

 Creek Basin, in 1896, was about eight times that in Queen Creek 

 Basin, yet the maximum flood discharge per second is only three 



Photo 205, Falling leaves. 



thousand six hundred cubic feet for the former, while the maxi-> 

 mum for the latter was nine thousand cubic feet per second. The 

 mean discharge for Queen Creek was fifteen cubic feet per sec- 

 ond and for Cedar Creek one thousand and eighty-nine cubic 

 feet per second. These two streams represent extreme types. 

 The radical difference in their character is largely due to forest 

 cover." 



The days of despair to advocates of reforestation are pass- 

 ing away. There were heard at the Forest Congress, President 

 Roosevelt; M. Jusserand, Ambassador from France; Hon. James 



