Summer, 1990
Arroyo,
vol.
4,
no.
2,
pages
1-8,
8
pp.,
Water Resources Research Center,
Tucson, AZ,
Summer,
1990
Semiarid, with a scarcity of water resources, Arizona might seem an unlikely state to be threatened by flooding. Flooding in Arizona, however, does indeed pose serious threats to life and property in the state. In fact, because of erosion and scouring in unstable stream channels, certain flood hazards exist in the arid Southwest that are not generally present in humid regions of the United States.