K.O. Emery R.H. Meade 1971 Variations in annual river inflow account for 7 to 21 percent of the total variation in average annual sea level along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States. This compares with 29 to 68 percent of the total variation that can be attributed to the secular rise of sea level, and with 10 to 50 percent of the variation that cannot be attributed to either the river inflow or the secular rise. application/pdf 10.1126/science.173.3995.425 en American Association for the Advancement of Science Sea level as affected by river runoff, eastern United States article