The Hoover Dam backs up the Colorado River and creates Lake Mead, which is approximately 115 miles

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The Hoover Dam backs up the Colorado River and creates Lake Mead, which is approximately 115 miles long and has a surface area of approximately 225 square miles. If during flood conditions the Colorado River flows into the lake at a rate of \(45,000 \mathrm{cfs}\) and the outflow from the dam is \(8000 \mathrm{cfs}\), how many feet per 24-hour day will the lake level rise?

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Munson Young And Okiishi's Fundamentals Of Fluid Mechanics

ISBN: 9781119080701

8th Edition

Authors: Philip M. Gerhart, Andrew L. Gerhart, John I. Hochstein

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