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Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5041

Channel Change and Bed-Material Transport in the Umpqua River Basin, Oregon

Conversion Factors, Datums, and Abbreviations and Acronyms

Conversion Factors

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Length
centimeter (cm) 0.3937 inch (in.)
millimeter (mm) 0.03937 inch (in.)
meter (m) 3.281 foot (ft)
kilometer (km) 0.6214 mile (mi)
meter (m) 1.094 yard (yd)
Area
square meter (m2) 10.76 square foot (ft2)
square kilometer (km2) 0.3861 square mile (mi2)
Volume
liter (L) 61.02 cubic inch (in3)
cubic meter (m3) 35.31 cubic foot (ft3)
cubic meter (m3) 1.308 cubic yard (yd3)
Flow rate
cubic meter per second (m3/s) 70.07 acre-foot per day (acre-ft/d)
meter per second (m/s) 3.281 foot per second (ft/s)
cubic meter per second (m3/s) 35.31 cubic foot per second (ft3/s)
cubic meter per second (m3/s) 22.83 million gallons per day (Mgal/d)
Mass
gram (g) 0.03527 ounce, avoirdupois (oz)
kilogram (kg) 2.205 pound avoirdupois (lb)
metric ton 1.102 ton, short (2,000 lb)
metric ton 0.9842 ton, long (2,240 lb)

Datums

Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88).

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83).

Abbreviations and Acronyms

BAGS Bedload Assessment in Gravel-bedded Streams
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FPKM flood-plain kilometer
GLO General Land Office
MLLW mean lower low water
NAIP National Agriculture Inventory Program
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NUFPKM North Umpqua River flood-plain kilometer
NURKM North Umpqua river kilometer
RKM river kilometer
RM river mile
RMSE root mean square error
TIN Triangulated Irregular Network
URN Umpqua River Navigation Company
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USGS U.S. Geological Survey

First posted September 29, 2011

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