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4. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANNEL GEOMETRY (Footnotes)


Footnote 1

The water height also is called the depth. Both terms are used interchangeably in this report. Height denotes measurement from some reference point to some other point above it. In some contexts this is the appropriate direction of measurement. In other contexts, depth, which denotes measurement downward, is more appropriate


Footnote 2

The values of This is the Greek letter Beta were computed by Harry Hulsing and others in 1966, but the results were not published. A copy of the results was obtained from U.S. Geological Survey personnel in Menlo Park, Calif.



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