Chapter 1 Minimum Flows and Levels - Southwest Florida Water ...
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mean feature elevations are listed for two benchmark periods, 1988 through<br />
1994 <strong>and</strong> 1995 through 2005....................................................................5-11<br />
Table 5-4. Vegetation class percent composition of Braden River floodplain<br />
vegetation/soil transects. ..........................................................................5-12<br />
Table 5-5. Median relative elevations (height in feet above the river channel<br />
bottom), of vegetation classes at floodplain vegetation/soils transects along<br />
the Braden River.......................................................................................5-13<br />
Table 5-6. Median elevations in feet above NGVD of hydric <strong>and</strong> other soil<br />
characteristics along floodplain vegetation/soils transects on the Braden<br />
River. ........................................................................................................5-14<br />
Table 5-7. Median elevations, in feet above NGVD, <strong>and</strong> relative elevations<br />
(height in feet above the river channel bottom) of hydric <strong>and</strong> non-hydric soils<br />
in vegetation classes occurring along the floodplain vegetation/soils<br />
transects on the Braden River. .................................................................5-15<br />
Table 5-8. Recommended percent flow reductions based on PHABSIM analyses<br />
for two sites in the Braden River for the seven months included in Block 2..5-<br />
19<br />
Table 5-9. Mean elevation of instream woody habitats (exposed roots <strong>and</strong><br />
snags) at fourteen instream habitat cross-section sites, corresponding flows<br />
at the USGS Braden River near Lorraine gage site required for inundation of<br />
the mean elevations, <strong>and</strong> maximum percent-of-flow reductions associated<br />
with less than a 15% reduction in the number of days flow sufficient to<br />
inundate the mean habitat elevations for two benchmark periods.. ..........5-23<br />
Table 5-10. Proposed <strong>Minimum</strong> <strong>Flows</strong> for the upper, freshwater segment of the<br />
Braden River, including short-term <strong>and</strong> long-term compliance st<strong>and</strong>ards for<br />
the USGS Braden River near Lorraine FL gage site.................................5-27<br />
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