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.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)

Contributor:

Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.

Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918.

Dutton, Clarence E. (Clarence Edward), 1841-1912.

Thompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906.

Drummond, Willis, Jr.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

45th Cong., 2d sess. House. Ex. doc. ; no. 73

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public lands--United States.

Public lands.

Irrigation--West (U.S.).

Irrigation.

Irrigation--Utah.

Rain and rainfall--West (U.S.).

Rain and rainfall.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 195, [4] p.) : ill., maps (fold.).

Other Title:

Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States

Place of Publication:

Washington : G.P.O., 1878.

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 [based upon the "Smithsonian tables of precipitation in rain and snow"]

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 the valley of the Sevier river / by Capt. C.E. Dutton

Irrigable lands of that portion of Utah drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries / by Prof. A.H. Thompson

Land grants in aid of internal improvements / by Willis Drummond, Jr.

Notes:

Includes index.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress.

OCLC:

879314294