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Table XVI. — Quantity of saline material carried annually by certain rivers of the Great 
Basin. 
Constituent. 
Owens.i 
Owens. 2 
Humboldt. 
Truckee. 
Walker. 
Bear River, 
Utah. 
S1O2 ".. 
Tons. 
9,460 
47.3 
3,547 
1,017 
9,460 
26,253 
7,095 
284 
4,020 
Tons. 
12, 967 
66.3 
9,348 
3.618 
20, 807 
63, 628 
16, 284 
512 
9,951 
Tons. 
8,818 
Tons. 
\ 22, 432 
17,053 
5, 379 
26, 797 
51, 767 
19, 895 
Tons. 
( 4,827 
Tons. 
Fe 
Ca 
13,246 
* 3,343 
15,355 
36, 781 
12, 911 
4,890 
818 
6,822 
11,544 
6,087 
127,391 
59 938 
Mg 
Na-K : 
258, 634 
HC0 3 
343 833 
S0 4 
102, 647 
N0 3 
CI 
2, 032 
11,774 
2,833 
407,473 
Total solids 
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 
Discharged into 
Total solids, parts per million. 
Mean annual flow, second- 
feet 
Lake. 
687 
1,860 
1 Owens River at Round Valley. 2 Owens River at Charlie's Butte. 
Table XVII. — Yield of salines per square mile of watershed per year 
Constituent. Truckee. 1 Walker. 
SiaS °™ s -!iunan , ;.: Y ^ a -; Kem - 
San Luis 
Rey. 
San Ysa- 
bel Creek. 
Si0 2 . 
Fe... 
Ca. . . 
Mg... 
Na... 
K... 
CO3-. 
HCO3 
S0 4 -. 
N0 3 . 
CI... 
Pounds. 
} 29,524 
22, 443 
7,080 
J 35,267 
67, 998 
Total solids.. 
Suspended matter. 
26,183 
'is '497 
Pounds. 
6,972 
7,063 
1,182 
9,852 
16,552 
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds 
j 128 16,200 54,822; 113,580; 301,970 
\ 48 82! 947 1,703| 
11,680 49,838 105,475 
4,560| 21,431' 34,887! 
1,919 
484 
1,834 
391 
5,319 
/ 1,834 \ 
\ 391/ 
26,000 
/ 54,822; 70,750: 
\ 5,4821 10,385 ! 
2,516 
301,970 
70, 461 
340, 400 
Pounds. 
17,368 
67 
23,532 
7,284 
22, 244 
2,409 
8,591 
"4, 092 
871 
'294 
79,400 204,340: 389,4361.191,130 91,333 
20,200! 59, 807] 105,475; 352,307 29, 
640 ! I I 
12,440 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 
203,992 j 54,304 
11,: 
127,600 368,: 
338,' 
681.516 2,130,600 
1,549,640 2,734,560 
179,850| 1,442,166 
Area, square miles. . 
1,520 
1,100 
13,800 
1,600 
1,500 
1,220 
2, 345 
318 
128 
Rainfall 
... 
15in.+ 
15 in. + 
15 in.+ 
Less than 
Less than 
15 in. 
15 in. 
Mean annual flow, 
1,030 
213 
261 
306 
3,793 
5.023 
1,996 
90.4 
45.35 
second-feet. 
S e c n d-feet per 
0.677 
0.193 
0.019 
0.191 
2.52 
3.56 
0.83 
0.284 
0.355 
square mile. 
Pounds per square 
301.908 
280,751 
593,748 
633, 520 
146, 746 
191,717 
2, 565, 954 
633, 274 
4,062,411 
mile per second- 
feet per annum. 
1 Bui. No. 491, Data of Geochemistry, p. 147. 
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