Flood retention basins like the one at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon can mitigate the effects of heavy runoff by capturing high flow and easing it back into the streambed at measured intervals. The Big Cottonwood Creek streambed is so porous that the basin loses 8 cfs of water to percolation through the rocks.
Drainage
Big Cottonwood Creek
Latitude
40°37'43.32"N
Longitude
111°48'16.80"W
Date
2008-06-27
Creator
Craig Denton
Type
image
Format
image/tif
Rights
Craig L. Denton 2008. Use of this file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
