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Cincinnati Society of Natural History. 



TABLE OF HIGH WATER IN THE OHIO RIVER AT CINCINNATI. 



YEAR. 



DATE. 



FEET. 



INCHES. 



1832 



February 18, 



64 



3 



1847 



December 17, 



6 3 



7 



1858 



June 16, 



43 



10 



1859 



February 22, 



55 



5 



1 060 



April 16, 



49 



2 



1861 



April 19, 



49 



5 



1862 



January 24, 



57 



4 



T Q(\-> 

 IS63 



March 12, 



42 



9 



I864 



December 23, 



45 



1 



1865 



March 7, 



5 6 



3 



I5DO 



September 26. 



42 



6 



1867 



March 14, 



55 





 



i860 



March 30, 



48 



3 



1869 



April 2, 



48 



9 



1870 



January 19, 



55 



3 



1871 



May 13, 



40 



6 



1872 



April 13, 



41 



9 



1873 



December 18, 



44 



5 



1874 



January II, 



47 





1875 



August 6, 



55 



5 



1876 



January 29, 



5i 



9 



1877 



January 20, 



55 



9 



1878 



December 15. 



41 



5 



1879 



December 27, 



42 



9 



1880 



February 17, 



53 



2 



1881 



February 16, 



50 



7 



1882 



February 21, 



58 



7 



1883 



February 15 — 5 A. 



m. 66 



4 



1883 



April 13, 



46 



3 



1883 



December 28, 



49 



5 



1884 



February 14, 



71 



0^ 



1884 



March 17. 



49 



8 



The great basin of the Ohio River and its tributaries may be likened to 

 an immense funnel, whose area is considerably more than 50,000 square 

 miles. From the north this basin has only a slight fall, while from the 

 headwaters and the south the slope is very rapid. Water poured into this 

 funnel affects the outlet most markedly when precipitated upon the regions 

 about the headwaters and on the southern slope. So that a part of the 

 rapid fluctuations is due to the sudden flushings from the mountains by 

 the Allegheny, Monongahela, Great Kanawha, Little Kanawha and Big 

 Sandy Rivers. After a general rainfall throughout the basin, the mountain 

 streams run out, and a large portion of their rise has been conveyed down 



