Surface mining and the flood of April 1977

Surface mining and the flood of April 1977

By Willie R. Curtis

Subjects: Watersheds, Strip mining

Description: Data from experimental sites in Breathitt County, Kentucky, and Raleigh County, West Virginia, showed that during a major rainstorm on 4 April 1977 streamflow from surface-mined watersheds peaked lower than that from adjacent or nearby unmined watersheds.

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