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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... give names to the avenues I the tract presents a succession of with scores of beautiful and com- rubbery , green lawns , and flowers . urted , and are in a more or less ad sive drainage basins of the Sa Yuba , American ,
... give names to the avenues I the tract presents a succession of with scores of beautiful and com- rubbery , green lawns , and flowers . urted , and are in a more or less ad sive drainage basins of the Sa Yuba , American ,
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... less than above sea - level at Walla Walla is 1,675 feet . The advantages offere Some State census figures , which s in Washington during two years east of the Cascade range . In 188 persons ; in 1889 the estimate ma 000. In the western ...
... less than above sea - level at Walla Walla is 1,675 feet . The advantages offere Some State census figures , which s in Washington during two years east of the Cascade range . In 188 persons ; in 1889 the estimate ma 000. In the western ...
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... less than 1 cul supply comes from fourteen streams and feet per second . There are sixteen cana many artesian wells in the valley . They of water . There are eight reservoir sites in the valleys ; capacity 791,000,000 cubic in the ...
... less than 1 cul supply comes from fourteen streams and feet per second . There are sixteen cana many artesian wells in the valley . They of water . There are eight reservoir sites in the valleys ; capacity 791,000,000 cubic in the ...
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... less than two - thirds of an ac 11,000 cubic feet to the acre , which mu the streams to irrigate our land as well the same period the relative humidity ature 2 degrees lower , which would gr irrigate an acre of land in Utah in p Denver ...
... less than two - thirds of an ac 11,000 cubic feet to the acre , which mu the streams to irrigate our land as well the same period the relative humidity ature 2 degrees lower , which would gr irrigate an acre of land in Utah in p Denver ...
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... less , and therefore desert , regio resulting from the direct action ciable débris of any kind is fur ued through millions of years , a the level of the river - bed to that ourse , within the borders of New s margins much.
... less , and therefore desert , regio resulting from the direct action ciable débris of any kind is fur ued through millions of years , a the level of the river - bed to that ourse , within the borders of New s margins much.
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acequia acres aforesaid agricultural appeal appointed appropriation of water artesian assessment ater ation average California canal cañon Carson River cent certificate claim Colo Colorado construction corporation cost county commissioners court Creek crops cubic feet cultivated Dakota damages decree depth distribution district ditch diverted duty election engineer estimated extend feet per second flow flume Fresno Fresno County gate head-gate hereby inches irrigation Kern Kern Island Kern River L-AP VOL Lake located ment miner's inches mountain natural stream necessary Nevada notice owner or owners party payment petition pipes Plains portion priority proprietor quantity rain-fall reclamation region reservoir riparian River season Sevier River soil square miles storage subirrigation surface thereof tion tract Truckee River Tulare Lake Utah Valley wate water commissioner water rights water supply width