Table 3. Dam size and river network context relative to other dams in the river network (number of upstream dams, distance to nearest upstream dam, height of 1st upstream dam, and drainage area).
Input variables for univariate regressions were standardized to multiples of mean width, except for drainage area, for the Upper Neosho and Lower Cottonwood rivers, respectively.
River | Dam name | Dam height (No. widths (km)) | No. upstream dams | Distance to nearest upstream dam (No. widths (km)) | Height of 1st upstream dam (No. widths (km)) | Drainage area (km2) |
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Upper Neosho | Riverwalk | 0.05 (1.2) | 1 | 131.82 (2.9) | 1.33 (29.3) | 682 |
Correll | 0.10 (2.3) | 2 | 1,918.18 (42.2) | 0.05 (1.2) | 1,550 | |
Ruggles | 0.11 (2.4) | 3 | 613.64 (13.5) | 0.10 (2.3) | 1,600 | |
Emporia | 0.14 (3) | 4 | 459.09 (10.1) | 0.11 (2.4) | 1,616 | |
Lower Cottonwood | Cottonwood Falls | 0.09 (3) | 2 | 1857.14 (65.0) | 0.09 (3) | 3,539 |
Soden | 0.09 (3) | 3 | 1971.43 (69.0) | 0.09 (3) | 4,748 |