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Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah / with maps by J.W. Powell.
Lippincott Library HD1671.U5 P68 1879a
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arid regions--United States.
- Arid regions.
- Arid regions--West (U.S.).
- Arid regions--Utah.
- Public lands--United States.
- Public lands.
- United States.
- West (U.S.)--Public lands.
- West (U.S.).
- Utah--Public lands.
- Utah.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 195 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Facsim. of the 1879 edition, with a new introduction / by T.H. Watkins.
- Other Title:
- Lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah.
- Place of Publication:
- Harvard, Mass. : Harvard Common Press, 1983.
- Contents:
- Physical characteristics of the arid region
- The land-system needed for the arid region
- The rainfall of the western portion of the United States
- Water supply / by G.K. Gilbert
- Certain important questions relating to irrigable lands
- The lands of Utah
- Irrigable lands of the Salt Lake drainage system / by G.K. Gilbert
- Irrigable lands of that portion of Utah drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries / by A.H. Thompson
- Land grants in aid of internal improvements / by Willis Drummond, Jr.
- Notes:
- One of the reports of the U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region.
- Reprint. Originally published : 2nd ed. Washington : G.P.O., 1879.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 091678228X
- OCLC:
- 8846569
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