INDEX. 



209 



Page. 



Tuckaseegee River, floods of 1901 130 



flow and size llt>, 126, 136 



water power on 142 



Tugaloo River, gaging station on 136 



Tusquitee Mountains 115 



Types of weather. (See Weather. ) 



U. 



Umbrella tree 100 



large-leaf 100 



Unaka Mountains, description and topography 18, 19, 113, 114 



Range, slopes, description 51,53, 127 



streams of 127 



UncuUed forests, area of 45 



in New River Valley 48 



United States Geological Survey. (See Geological Survey. ) 



V. 



Valley lands cleared 26 



washed by floods 27 



Valley, Great Appalachian, and others 16, 17, 114 



Valleys, character of 20, 21 



affected by floods 27, 129 



Valley River Mountains 55 



Virginia, act of legislature consenting to Government ownership of reserve 172 



resolution of legislature favoring reserve 190 



Volume and velocity of rivers 117 



W. 



Walcott, Charles D., letter of submittal to Secretary of Interior 110 



Walnut. {See Black Walnut.) 



Watauga River, description 116, 126, 127 



floods in 1901 130 



gaging stations 136 



water power on 142 



Basin, topography and soil 72 



agriculture and erosion 73 



forests, distribution, etc 73 



Water, abundance of 125 



falls, list of principal 19, 116, 126, 139 



value for power 29, 139 



flow depends on forests •- . 30, 39 



gaging stations 15, 136 



measurement of 15, 135 



{See Stream-Jloiu.) 

 Wa'-.erOak. {See Oak.) 



Water power, abundance of 29, 39, 131 



availability of 30, 141 



depends on flow at low water 131 



importance of 140 



streams adapted to 128, 137, 139 



total amount used and unused 141 



(See also individual rivers by names. ) 



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