نبذة مختصرة : Sucrum;r?tto watershed.-The rivers in this watershed were generally lower than during any Jul of which there is a record. In the u per reaches of the 8 acramento itself the river averaged s f zghtly above the low water of 1910. Rom Colusa. however, southward to Walnut Grove the Sacramento averaged from 0.1 of a foot to near1 a foot below all previous low-water st whic g there is a record or a remembrance. At % ” acre Of mento City on the 23d the river reached a stage of 4 feet, which is the lowest ever reached in any month of which there is an authentic record. While there were some of the trunk stream, the reatest %&hour rise observed be ’ 0.8 of a foot in the L erican River. %es were common in the Sacramento River.during the entire month and were felt for several miles above the mouth of the American. In one instance there was a tide of 1.4 feet in the river at Sacramento City. Many sand bars have been uncovered during the present low water and, in some cases, channels have chan ed, making navigation difficult. During the extreme 9 ow water the. steamer Ernpress struck bottom opposite the city wharf at Sacramento and was unable to reach her berth. Steamboat men are complainin about the amount of water now bein taken out of t % e river for irrigation pu oses, and caim wit % f that between 60 and 70 capacities ranging from 6 to 12 inch inta Kumpsl e, are constantly at work in the Sacramento between the inout11 of the American and that of the Feather. Sun Jou Zlin watershed.-The Tuolunine River, wliile unusually f ow for the month, aver ed about 0.9 of a foot above that of July, 1910. In al P other streams tlie water was the lowest of any July since records litlvo been kept. ’ This was especially so of the Calaverrts, which was practically dry during the entire month, and the lower San Joa uin, which averaged between 6 and 7 feet below the 3 uly normal and nearly a foot below the previous low water stage, which was in 1910.
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