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Figure 2. Typical subreachs in the Fort Peck reach.
Figure 3. Missouri River between RM 1621 and 1620, near Culbertson,
Montana. (From CRM 1996.)
Whitmer
River Miles
Figure 4. Median diameter of bed sediment along the Fort Peck reach.
Locations of monitoring sites: Culbertson (RM 1620), Tveit-Johnson (RM
1624), Vournas (RM 1633), Mattelin (RM 1647), Whitmer (RM 1687), Pipal (RM
1716), Fort Peck Dam (RM 1771). (From USACE-Omaha 1986.)
annual sediment load is estimated to be about 5 106 tons, based on a continuous
record of suspended sediment load recorded from 1958 to 1972 at a sediment-
measuring station located just downstream of the Highway 16 bridge at Culbert-
son (RM 1620) and shown on the right side of Figure 3 (USACE-Omaha 1986).
About 35% of the suspended load consists of silt and clay originating from
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