Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... extent these rivers and their tributaries , together with the water that may be stored in reservoirs which now runs to waste , carrying silt and increas- ing floods in the Lower Mississippi , may be utilized , is as yet undeter mined ...
... extent these rivers and their tributaries , together with the water that may be stored in reservoirs which now runs to waste , carrying silt and increas- ing floods in the Lower Mississippi , may be utilized , is as yet undeter mined ...
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... extent the Columbia River and its tributaries may be utilized for this purpose in eastern Oregon and Washington is not yet determined . There is a large extent of Oregon east of the Cascades which possesses great natural fertility , but ...
... extent the Columbia River and its tributaries may be utilized for this purpose in eastern Oregon and Washington is not yet determined . There is a large extent of Oregon east of the Cascades which possesses great natural fertility , but ...
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... extent . On the western slopes , in the valleys of the Grande and Uncompahgre Rivers , there are con- siderable areas under ditch . Colorado is drained on the west by the Colorado River and its tributaries . It is also a great mineral ...
... extent . On the western slopes , in the valleys of the Grande and Uncompahgre Rivers , there are con- siderable areas under ditch . Colorado is drained on the west by the Colorado River and its tributaries . It is also a great mineral ...
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... extent by means of irrigation . While there are large parts of the State that must re- main deserts for want of water , still there are valleys interspersed in the mountains throughout the State of exceeding fertility , and for which ...
... extent by means of irrigation . While there are large parts of the State that must re- main deserts for want of water , still there are valleys interspersed in the mountains throughout the State of exceeding fertility , and for which ...
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... extent the waters of this river can he stored and utilized is a problem not yet solved , but it is confidently believed that , by storage of the flood waters , a very large extent of country , in addition to that heretefore cultivated ...
... extent the waters of this river can he stored and utilized is a problem not yet solved , but it is confidently believed that , by storage of the flood waters , a very large extent of country , in addition to that heretefore cultivated ...
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