Borland, Whitney McNair.

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As a civil engineer with a long and distinguished career, Whitney McNair Borland (1905-2001) focused his research on sedimentation, hydraulics, avalanches and other aspects of hydrology. He was employed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation for over forty years, spending some of that time conducting model sedimentation studies in Fort Collins and working in the Colorado State University Engineering lab created by Ralph Parshall. His overseas research included work on the Pa Mong Project.

From the description of Papers of Whitney M. Borland, 1828-1997. (Poudre River Public Library District). WorldCat record id: 61266663

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Colorado
Mekong River Watershed
Mekong RIver Valley
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Avalanches
Hydraulics
Hydrology
Sedimentation and deposition
Sediment transport
Snow
Water resources development
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Active 1828

Active 1997

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