v.3. Rocky Mountain region and Great Plains. v.4. Statements by Director Powell and other officers of the U. S. Geological Survey. Consular reports. General report on irrigation in United States. Miscellaneous papers. [v.5] Irrigation in the United States. By R.J. Hinton... being a 2d ed. of Misc. doc. 15, 49th Cong. [2d sessU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... fall within a cir- cuit of 100 miles around Fort Davis has averaged 19.9 inches in Feb. ruary . Farther east , where I have my tent at the present time , I have had within the last three months 34 inches of rain - fall . That is the re ...
... fall within a cir- cuit of 100 miles around Fort Davis has averaged 19.9 inches in Feb. ruary . Farther east , where I have my tent at the present time , I have had within the last three months 34 inches of rain - fall . That is the re ...
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... fall of the river above this dam , and for some distance up ? Major MILLS . The river generally averages 4 feet to the mile for 50 miles above and below here . Strange to say , there is a greater fall in the valley than there was in the ...
... fall of the river above this dam , and for some distance up ? Major MILLS . The river generally averages 4 feet to the mile for 50 miles above and below here . Strange to say , there is a greater fall in the valley than there was in the ...
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... fall of the river in that 90 miles , from Fort Selden to El Paso , I understand from Major Mills and other engineers who have made the observations , is 240 feet . Now , with 240 feet of fall in 90 miles , in the flood time , when we ...
... fall of the river in that 90 miles , from Fort Selden to El Paso , I understand from Major Mills and other engineers who have made the observations , is 240 feet . Now , with 240 feet of fall in 90 miles , in the flood time , when we ...
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... fall ; from thence , 1,200 miles south , to the Gulf of Mexico , the rain - fall is only sufficient to compensate for the loss by evaporation ( which latter is very great ) ; and , for these reasons , the river has but few tributaries ...
... fall ; from thence , 1,200 miles south , to the Gulf of Mexico , the rain - fall is only sufficient to compensate for the loss by evaporation ( which latter is very great ) ; and , for these reasons , the river has but few tributaries ...
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... fall of about 12 feet , is about 1,000 yards below this site , and by breaking this and opening a channel through the sand to this site , I think the water could be lowered 8 or 10 feet , so that the bed - rock for the greater part of ...
... fall of about 12 feet , is about 1,000 yards below this site , and by breaking this and opening a channel through the sand to this site , I think the water could be lowered 8 or 10 feet , so that the bed - rock for the greater part of ...
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