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Title: URBANIZATION SHORTENS LAG TIME
Caption: (b) Here, the hydrograph shows the decrease in lag time because of urbanization. (After Leopold, L. B. 1968. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 559; modified after Tarbuck, E. J., and Lutgens, F. K. 2005. Earth: An introduction to physical geology, 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ; Pearson Prentice Hall)
Keywords: streams, rivers, water, floods, flooding, urbanization, hydrographs, crests, discharges, volumes, streamflows