Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands: Irrigation in the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... flow the Pitt , es , and Mokelumne Rivers . Into s , Stanislaus , Tuolumne , Merced , re Lake flow the Kings , Kameah , ern Lake the Kern River . All of 1 an average length of about 120 the steep and rugged mountains , r . After ...
... flow the Pitt , es , and Mokelumne Rivers . Into s , Stanislaus , Tuolumne , Merced , re Lake flow the Kings , Kameah , ern Lake the Kern River . All of 1 an average length of about 120 the steep and rugged mountains , r . After ...
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... flow is usually obtained in boring first successful boring for artesian le by the Southern Pacific Railroad g half an inch above the rim of the 0 feet . The well is on the eastern s used for irrigating a 40 - acre tract ully . strata of ...
... flow is usually obtained in boring first successful boring for artesian le by the Southern Pacific Railroad g half an inch above the rim of the 0 feet . The well is on the eastern s used for irrigating a 40 - acre tract ully . strata of ...
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... flow from the surface n be reached and drawn upward by nt upon cultivation , and by the hardy lant roots . The other source is to be are presumably the lost and sunken bodies exist there is more than mere ESA AND DESERT LANDS . other ...
... flow from the surface n be reached and drawn upward by nt upon cultivation , and by the hardy lant roots . The other source is to be are presumably the lost and sunken bodies exist there is more than mere ESA AND DESERT LANDS . other ...
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... flow in in summer is sufficient , as at present red acres . Facilities for storage on on the Mojave . The land below is he Government . The universal tes- best . It is covered with grass and the year , and is capable , under irri- riant ...
... flow in in summer is sufficient , as at present red acres . Facilities for storage on on the Mojave . The land below is he Government . The universal tes- best . It is covered with grass and the year , and is capable , under irri- riant ...
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... flow and disappear above . In this wise the artesi are collected . The Santa Ana River , with of 220 square miles , is the mai and also its chief irrigation and tributary creeks , caņons , o areas the northern face of the Mohave River ...
... flow and disappear above . In this wise the artesi are collected . The Santa Ana River , with of 220 square miles , is the mai and also its chief irrigation and tributary creeks , caņons , o areas the northern face of the Mohave River ...
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