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TABLE 12 . Significance <strong>of</strong> regressions <strong>of</strong> annual <strong>transport</strong> <strong>rates</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> suspended <strong>sediments</strong> (SSW , <strong>in</strong> kg km" 2yr" 1 ) ; PCw PN ,<br />

PPy , (<strong>in</strong> moles km" 2yr-1 ) on annual discharge (QQ , <strong>in</strong> m3<br />

yr'1) for available data (Tables,1,3,8) on rivers <strong>of</strong><br />

Groups 1 <strong>and</strong> 2 (exclud<strong>in</strong>g Mackenzie at Norman Wells)<br />

<strong>in</strong> Table 1 . See, also Figs . 2, 5 <strong>and</strong> 6 .<br />

Relation Slope Level <strong>of</strong><br />

Significance<br />

(1)<br />

r 2<br />

log SS, vs log Qa 0 .6452 > 99 .9 0 .67<br />

log PP :, vs log QQ 0 .5180 > 99 .9 0 .61<br />

log P'L' vs log Qa 0 .4889 > 99 .9 0 .64<br />

log P,CW vs log Qa 0 .4333 > 99 .9 0 .53

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