Lake Champlain – Richelieu River Flood Study Final Report - International Lake Champlain - Richelieu River Study

Around the northern part of the lake, the terrain of the basin The Chambly Canal is situated along the west side of the moderates to plains that continue northward to the river, approximately 48 km (30 mi) north of the Lake confluence of the Richelieu River with the St. [...] The bar graph depicts the yearly averaged regulation, is a function of the volume of spring runoff water levels, and the line graph shows the maximum and the starting water level in the lake. [...] The adapted to the changes in climate, plants, and wildlife of only county within the United States with a comparable the region as well as human modifications of the density to the Canadian portion of the basin is landscape of the Richelieu Valley and Lake Champlain, Chittenden County, Vermont. [...] Longitudinal profile of the Richelieu River showing key features, with the north end on the left and the south end on the right Note: the vertical scale on the cross-sectional view is not linear and the overall vertical dimension is exaggerated relative to the horizontal. [...] The steep mountain slopes of the upper basin, the flow regime of the upper Richelieu River, high winter snowfall amounts, above-normal spring temperatures Causes of Flooding and the frequency of heavy spring rainfall are all key In a 2019 evaluation of the causes of flooding drivers of flooding in this basin, as is the size of the in the Basin, the Study Board found that: watershed: the watershed.