Description
This report presents an analysis of historic channel geometry, hydraulics, and sediment transport relationships for the Platte River system, with emphasis on conditions prior to major anthropogenic alterations in the early 20th century. Using cross-section data from the 1920s–1930s and supporting bed material and slope information, the study reconstructs key physical relationships governing river behavior, including stage–discharge, stage–width, discharge–inundation, and flow depth and velocity distributions.
