In March of 1996 a special release of water, U Canyon Dam, to create an artificial flood in the Grand Canyon. The flow was through 8 pipes each with an internal diameter of 2.5 m. Estimate the velocity through those pipes. Estimate the average velocity of the river at some point downstream of the dam, where the width of the river was 61 m and its average depth was 3 m.

In March of 1996 a special release of water, U Canyon Dam, to create an artificial flood in the Grand Canyon. The flow was through 8 pipes each with an internal diameter of 2.5 m. Estimate the velocity through those pipes. Estimate the average velocity of the river at some point downstream of the dam, where the width of the river was 61 m and its average depth was 3 m.

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