POTASH SALTS AND OTHER SALINES IN THE GREAT BASIN REGION. 81 



Table XVI. — Quantity oj saline material carried annually by certain rivers of the Great 



Basin. 



Constituent. 



SiOs 



Fe 



Ca 



Mg 



Na-K 



HCO3 



SO4 



NO3 



CI 



Total solids 



Discharged into 



Total solids, parts per million 

 Mean annual flow, second- 

 feet 



Owens.i 



Tons. 

 9,460 



47.3 

 3,547 

 1,017 

 9,460 

 26, 253 

 7,095 

 284 

 4,020 



Owens.2 



Tons. 



12,967 



66. 



9,348 



3,618 

 20, 807 

 63, 628 

 16, 284 

 512 



9,951 



Humboldt. 



Tons. 



8,818 



13, 246 

 3,343 

 15,355 

 36, 781 

 12,911 



2,032 



Truckee. 



Tons. 



22, 432 



17, 053 

 5,379 

 26, 797 

 51, 767 

 19, 895 



11,774 



Walker. 



Tons. 



4,827 



6,822 

 11,544 

 6,087 



2,833 



Bear River, 

 Utah. 



Tons. 



127, 391 

 59, 938 

 258, 634 

 343, 833 

 102, 647 



407, 473 



44,701 

 Owens 

 Lake. 

 189 



240 



102, 228 

 Owens 

 Lake. 

 339 



306 



92,851 

 Humboldt 

 Lake. 

 361 



261 



155, 335 

 Pyramid 

 Lake. 

 153 



1,030 



37, 783 

 Walker 

 Lake. 

 180 



213 



1,259,235 

 Great Salt 

 Lake. 

 687 



1,860 



1 Owens River at Round Valley. 2 Owens River at Charlie's Butte. 



Table XVII. — Yield oJ salines per square mile of watershed per year. 



Constituent. 



Truckee.1 



Walker.' 



Hum- 

 boldt.2 



Owens. 



Tuo- 

 lumne. 



Yuba. 



Kern. 



San Luis 

 Rey. 



San Ysa- 

 bel Creek. 



Si02. . 

 Fe . . . , 



Ca 



Mg.,.. 

 Na..., 



K 



COs... 

 HCO3. 

 SO4.... 

 NOa.., 

 CI 



Pounds 



\ 29,524 



22, 443 

 7,080 



}■ 35,267 



67,998 



Pounds. 



6,972 



7,063 

 1,182 



9,852 



16,652 



Pounds. Pounds. 



128 16, 200 



48 



1,919 11, 



484 4, 



26, 183 

 '15,' 497 



8,591 

 '4,' 092 



I'f^n 26,000 



5, 319 



79,400 



1,871 20,200 



! 640 



294 12, 440 



Pounds. 



54,822 



947 



49, 838 



21, 431 



/ 54,822 



\ 5, 482 



Pounds. 

 113, 580 

 1,703 

 105, 475 

 34, 887 

 70, 750 

 10, 385 



Pounds. 



301,970 



2,516 



301,970 



70, 461 



340, 400 



28, 688 



Pounds. 

 17, 368 

 67 

 23,532 



7,284 



22, 244 



2,409 



204, 340 

 59, 807 



389, 436 

 105, 475 



1,191,130 

 352,307 



91,333 

 29,696 



32, 893 



44, 623 



152, 660 



21, 852 



Pounds. 



244,006 



942 



160, 855 



72, 108 



23, 296 



7,210 

 887, 500 

 166, 407 



4,659 

 210, 781 



Total solids.. 

 Suspended matter; 



203,992 



54,304 



11,288 127,600 



368, 800 

 338,906 



681,516 2,130,600 

 1,549,640 2,734,560 



179, 850 

 79, 563 



1,442,166 



Area, square miles. 

 Rainfall 



Mean annual flow, 

 second-feet. 



B ? c n d-feet per 

 square mile. 



Pounds per square 

 nule per second- 

 feet per annum. 



1,520 



1,030 



0.677 



301.908 



1,100 



213 

 0.193 



280,751 



13,800 



261 

 0.019 



593,748 



1,600 



306 



0.191 



633,520 



1,500 

 15in.+ 



3,793 



2.52 



146,746 



1,220 

 15in.+ 



5, 023 



3.56 



191,717 



2,345 

 15 in. + 



1,996 



0.83 



2,565,954 



318 

 Less than 

 15 in. 

 90.4 



0.284 



633, 274 



128 

 Less than 

 15 in. 

 45.35 



0.355 



4,062,411 



1 Bul. No. 491, Data of Geochemistry, p. 147. 

 20814—14 6 



2 Ibid., p. 148. 



