Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of UtahPowell, John Wesley
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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
Powell, John Wesley
Irrigation -- Utah; Irrigation -- West (U.S.); Public lands -- United States; Rain and rainfall -- West (U.S.)
Table I. Precipitation of the Sub-humid Region, 47
II. Arid Region, 48
III. San Francisco Region, 49
IV. Region of the Lower Columbia, 49
V. Texas, 50
VI. Dakota, 51
VII. Season of precipitation in the Region of the Plains, 52
VIII. San Francisco Region, 53
IX. Mean temperature, by seasons, for the San Francisco Region, 54
X. Seasonable precipitation and temperatures on the Pacific coast,
55
XI. in Arizona and New Mexico, 56
of irrigable lands in Utah, 111
of southwestern Utah, 149
of the Colorado Basin, 164
Sevier Lake District, 144
of mean annual precipitation in Colorado, 79
Nevada, 79
Utah, 79
Wyoming, 79
Tavaputs Plateau, 93
Drainage of the, 96
Temperature dependent upon altitude and latitude, 2
Temperatures, Seasonal, on the Pacific Coast, 55
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, 179
Precipitation of, 50
The High Plateaus, 94
Thomas, Prof. Cyrus, 71
Thompson, Prof. A. H., cited, 86, 110
on the irrigable land of the Colorado Basin, 150
Timber, 98
Areas of standing, 15, 17
Cultivation of, 19
Destruction of, by fire, 15
growth dependent upon climatic conditions, 14
lands, 14, 23
Boundaries of the, 14
Disposal of the, 27
Situation of the, 6, 14
regions, 15
Extent of the, 16
Fires in the, 15, 17, 18, 99
Titles to public lands, 25
Uinta Mountains, 93
Drainage of the, 96
Orographic structure of the, 97
Uinta River, Irrigable lands of the, 160
Tributaries of the, 160
Volume of flow of the, 160, 161
White Basin, 93
Amount of irrigable lands in the, 105
Description of the, 104
Physical features of the, 160
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Land grants to the, 177
Unit of water supply, 8, 84, 115, 141
Method of determining the, 8
used in irrigation, 81
Utah, Amount of cultivated land in, 84
Church government in, 89, 128
Drainage of, 94
Forest trees of, 100
Grasses of, 107
Irrigable and pasturage lands of, 104
Lake, 123
Lands of, 93
Mean annual precipitation in, 79
Pasturage lands of, 104
Prevailing winds of, 68
Table of irrigable lands in, 111
Timber of, 98
Variety of crops cultivated in, 84
Watershed of, 94
Valley, Castle, 105
Circle, Amount of irrigable land in the, 137
Gunnison, 105
Irrigable lands of the, 162
of the Mississippi, 76
Sevier River, Amount of irrigable land in the, 144
Panguitch, Amount of irrigable land in the, 136
San Pete, Amount of irrigable land in the, 138
Flow of the streams of the, 140
Vasey, Dr. George, 108
_Vilfa_ (_Sporobolis_) _airoides_, 108
Virgin River, Irrigable lands of the, 153
Volume of water flowing in the streams, Determination of, 8
Wagon roads, Land grants in aid of, 166
Ward, Mr. L. F., 103
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