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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... rain - fall on these great plains comes not in gentle showers with cloudy weather , as is the case farther east , but falls in torrents upon limited areas ; sometimes in one place and sometimes in another ; and 98466 it often happens ...
... rain - fall on these great plains comes not in gentle showers with cloudy weather , as is the case farther east , but falls in torrents upon limited areas ; sometimes in one place and sometimes in another ; and 98466 it often happens ...
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... rain - fall is sufficient to produce crops . The frequent rains in the Mississippi Valley and further east extract the nutriment from the plants and destroy the grasses , except when they are growing , so as to render them at other ...
... rain - fall is sufficient to produce crops . The frequent rains in the Mississippi Valley and further east extract the nutriment from the plants and destroy the grasses , except when they are growing , so as to render them at other ...
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... rain - fall of not to exceed 15 inches . North Da- kota will average about 18 inches of precipitation per annum . At Fort Meade five years ' observation gives 16.59 inches . At Bismarck , the capital of that State , the annual average ...
... rain - fall of not to exceed 15 inches . North Da- kota will average about 18 inches of precipitation per annum . At Fort Meade five years ' observation gives 16.59 inches . At Bismarck , the capital of that State , the annual average ...
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... RAIN - FALL . The conditions governing successful irrigation in California are as varied as its topography and climate . The Sierra Nevada will show on its summits an annual precipitation of from 35 to 90 inches , or even more . The ...
... RAIN - FALL . The conditions governing successful irrigation in California are as varied as its topography and climate . The Sierra Nevada will show on its summits an annual precipitation of from 35 to 90 inches , or even more . The ...
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... rain - fall . Were it possible to obtain a bird's - eye view of the Territory , the observer would see spread out before him an area equaling Italy in size , consisting of a series of mount- ainous plateaus , ranging in height from ...
... rain - fall . Were it possible to obtain a bird's - eye view of the Territory , the observer would see spread out before him an area equaling Italy in size , consisting of a series of mount- ainous plateaus , ranging in height from ...
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