CONTENTS 



Page 



CONVERSION FACTORS, U.S. CUSTOMARY TO METRIC (SI) 5 



SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS 6 



I INTRODUCTION 7 



II METHOD 7 



1. Background 7 



2. Approach 8 



3. Formulation 9 



III EXAMPLE 10 



1. Anchorage Tidal-Flat Channels 10 



2 . Eagle River and Ship Creek 13 



3. Dillingham Harbor 13 



4 . Channel Geometry 14 



IV DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 16 



LITERATURE CITED 18 



FIGURES 



1 Location map of study area, Anchorage, Alaska 10 



2 Aerial view to the southwest of the tidal-flat study area at 



Anchorage, Alaska ; . 11 



3 Plan view of tidal-flat drainage and cross section of the 



drainage region at the study area 12 



4 Channel area-ebbtide discharge relationship for certain Alaskan 



tidal channels 12 



5 An aerial view, east from Knik Arm, of mouth of Eagle River 13 



6 Location map of Dillingham Harbor, Alaska 14 



7 Navigation channel at Dillingham Harbor 15 



