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===Water flow=== The water which flows through the Cumberland Falls gathers from a drainage area of {{convert|1977|sqmi}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peak Streamflow for the Nation USGS 03404500|url=https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/peak/?site_no=03404500|website=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> In data collected between 1908 and 2017 by the [[United States Geological Survey]], peak annual water flow at the falls occurred in 1927, at an average rate of 5,196 [[cubic foot|ft<sup>3</sup>]]/s, and the all-time low occurred in 1988, during the [[1988β89 North American drought]], at an average rate of 1,324 ft<sup>3</sup>/s.<ref name="usgs">{{cite web|title=USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics for the Nation, USGS 03404500|url=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/annual?referred_module=sw&site_no=03404500&por_03404500_59160=262449,00060,59160,1907,2015&year_type=W&format=html_table&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list|website=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> The all-time highest recorded water volume was on Jan. 28, 1918, at a rate of 59,600 ft<sup>3</sup>/s, and the lowest recorded annual peak water flow was on Feb. 02, 1985, at 17,500 ft<sup>3</sup>/s, but was partially due to [[Interbasin transfer|water diversion]]. The lowest naturally occurring annual peak water flow was on Feb. 17, 1964, at 18,200 ft<sup>3</sup>/s.<ref name="usgs2">{{cite web|title=Peak Streamflow for the Nation USGS 03404500|url=https://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/peak?site_no=03404500&agency_cd=USGS&format=html|website=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref>
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