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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... flow were taken on May 20 , showing 4,300 feet , and were continued until July 28 , when it had been gradually reduced to 29 feet , and river ceased to flow August 5 . Measurements for evaporation have continued since May 10 with an ...
... flow were taken on May 20 , showing 4,300 feet , and were continued until July 28 , when it had been gradually reduced to 29 feet , and river ceased to flow August 5 . Measurements for evaporation have continued since May 10 with an ...
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... flow below El Paso . The annual floods , caused by the melting of the snow and ice in the mountains , take place in May and last for about seventy - five days , during which period the aver- age flow may be estimated at 200 yards in ...
... flow below El Paso . The annual floods , caused by the melting of the snow and ice in the mountains , take place in May and last for about seventy - five days , during which period the aver- age flow may be estimated at 200 yards in ...
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... flow and maintain a costant annual flow , especially since the great emigration and settlement in its valley is constantly doubling the demand for water . Being on leave of absence in the city of El Paso recently , where I was a citizen ...
... flow and maintain a costant annual flow , especially since the great emigration and settlement in its valley is constantly doubling the demand for water . Being on leave of absence in the city of El Paso recently , where I was a citizen ...
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... FLOW TO BE CREATED ABOVE EL PASO . 41 The matter of restraining the tidal flow by storing the water , and thus protect the constantly - changing national boundary , occurred to me , if it could be introduced into the project , as likely ...
... FLOW TO BE CREATED ABOVE EL PASO . 41 The matter of restraining the tidal flow by storing the water , and thus protect the constantly - changing national boundary , occurred to me , if it could be introduced into the project , as likely ...
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... flow , for the quantity of sediment changes with flow and season . That the bed of the river will eventually be filled , of course is only a matter of time ; but whether in fifteen or one hundred and fifty years can only be ascertained ...
... flow , for the quantity of sediment changes with flow and season . That the bed of the river will eventually be filled , of course is only a matter of time ; but whether in fifteen or one hundred and fifty years can only be ascertained ...
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