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Report on the lands of the arid region of the United Sts, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah with maps /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
Corporate Author: Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Harvard, Mass. : Harvard Common Press, 1983.
Edition:Facsimile of the 1879 ed., with a new introd. /
Subjects:
Arid regions > United States.
Arid regions > West (U.S.)
Arid regions > Utah.
Public lands > United States.
West (U.S.) > Public lands.
Utah > Public lands.
Table of 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 the Sevier river / by C.E. Dutton
  • Utah drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries / by A.H. Thompson
  • Land grants in aid of internal improvements / by Willis Drummond, Jr.