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Iowa tailwaters

The river below a dam. Releases, not weather, decide the flow, and cold water drawn from depth keeps trout alive far south of where they could otherwise live.

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1 tailwater in Iowa

WaterDischargePercentileTemp24hGuidesPrograms
Iowa RiverIAIowa River below Coralville Dam nr Coralville, IA1,610 cfsn/an/a↑ rising0none yet

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