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 - Irrigation |
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... surface of which is cut up by - multitude of ridges and is inter- valleys of fertile soil , comprising ta Clara , Sonoma , Napa , and Rus- s small rivers . In the central por- quin , each in its meanderings about navigable streams in ...
... surface of which is cut up by - multitude of ridges and is inter- valleys of fertile soil , comprising ta Clara , Sonoma , Napa , and Rus- s small rivers . In the central por- quin , each in its meanderings about navigable streams in ...
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... 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 division of ...
... 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 division of ...
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... surface sup and underground pipe - line , bave bowlders of the cañon bed a dis- world is the duty of water so high han 800 miner's inches per annum , 150 to 60. The whole distribution . The work of distribution is in r , who delivers ...
... surface sup and underground pipe - line , bave bowlders of the cañon bed a dis- world is the duty of water so high han 800 miner's inches per annum , 150 to 60. The whole distribution . The work of distribution is in r , who delivers ...
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... surface imed without storage . still public land , but the State has erein . In order to induce capital to W providing for the sale of the State s at $ 1.25 per acre to any company The mesas or uplands were reg poses , and only.
... surface imed without storage . still public land , but the State has erein . In order to induce capital to W providing for the sale of the State s at $ 1.25 per acre to any company The mesas or uplands were reg poses , and only.
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... were enac has arisen in regard to the use of The maximum amount of wate very variable , ranging from less t second . As the cauals taken from for over 3,000 cubic feet per secon - plowing up the entire surface , may ual rain.
... were enac has arisen in regard to the use of The maximum amount of wate very variable , ranging from less t second . As the cauals taken from for over 3,000 cubic feet per secon - plowing up the entire surface , may ual rain.
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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