Italian Irrigation; a Report On the Agricultural Canals of Piedmont And Lombardy
Italian Irrigation; a Report On the Agricultural Canals of Piedmont And Lombardy
Smith, R. Baird (Richard Baird), 1818-1861
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Brembo — Mountainous region, . . . 294 Plain, Total area of basin, Serio — Mountainous region, Plain, Total area of basin, 46 340 220 246 466 Their volumes are respectively 836.85 and 782.25 cubic feet per second. The average discharge of the entire drainage system, of which the Adda is the chief, and the Brembo and the. Serio the most important subor- dinate channels, amounts, therefore, to 8551.55 cubic feet per second. The levels of the beds of the two rivers are shown in a condensed form be...low : — DistaDoe InmllM. Total fall in feet. Fan in feet per mile. Brembo^ Lago del Diavolo, .... Almenno, ..... Ponte San Pietro. .... Junction with the Adda, 0.00 26.71 4.03 8.99 0.00 1692.49 149.24 271.91 0.00 63.3 87.0 80.2 Totals, . 89.73 2118.64 53.2 Digitized byVjOOQlC RESULTS OP EXCESSIVE SLOPES. 179 A glance at these numbers explains in a moment the observed fact, that, after the junction of the Brembo, the Adda loses that clearness for which its waters were before remarkable. With such a volume, and such a fall per mile, as the former river is shown to have, its erosive power must be enormous; and it is, in fact, always charged with a very large proportion of earthy matter.
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