Report on the lands of the arid region

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Author

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

Title

Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah

Original Publication

United States: Government Printing Office, 1879.

Credits

The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TC: Technology: Ocean engineering

Subject

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

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69995

Release Date

February 9, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.REPORT ON THE LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES,
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
6. 6.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARID REGION. — THE ARID REGION. — IRRIGABLE LANDS. — ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION. — COÖPERATIVE LABOR OR CAPITAL NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION. — THE USE OF SMALLER STREAMS SOMETIMES INTERFERES WITH THE USE OF THE LARGER. — INCREASE OF IRRIGABLE AREA BY THE STORAGE OF WATER. — TIMBER LANDS. — AGRICULTURAL AND TIMBER INDUSTRIES DIFFERENTIATED. — CULTIVATION OF TIMBER. — PASTURAGE LANDS. — PASTURAGE FARMS NEED SMALL TRACTS OF IRRIGABLE LAND. — THE FARM UNIT FOR PASTURAGE LANDS. — REGULAR DIVISION LINES FOR PASTURAGE FARMS NOT PRACTICABLE. — FARM RESIDENCES SHOULD BE GROUPED. — PASTURAGE LANDS CANNOT BE FENCED. — RECAPITULATION. — IRRIGABLE LANDS. — TIMBER LANDS. — PASTURAGE LANDS.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. THE LAND SYSTEM NEEDED FOR THE ARID REGION. — IRRIGABLE LANDS. — TIMBER LANDS. — PASTURAGE LANDS. — WATER RIGHTS. — THE LANDS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. THE RAINFALL OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES. — DISTRIBUTION OF RAIN THROUGH THE YEAR.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. WATER SUPPLY. — INCREASE OF STREAMS. — RISE OF GREAT SALT LAKE. — VOLCANIC THEORY. — CLIMATIC THEORY. — THEORY OF HUMAN AGENCIES. — FARMING WITHOUT IRRIGATION.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. CERTAIN IMPORTANT QUESTIONS RELATING TO IRRIGABLE LANDS. — THE UNIT OF WATER USED IN IRRIGATION. — THE QUANTITATIVE VALUE OF WATER IN IRRIGATION. — AREA OF IRRIGABLE LAND SOMETIMES NOT LIMITED BY WATER SUPPLY. — METHOD OF DETERMINING THE SUPPLY OF WATER. — METHODS OF DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF IRRIGABLE LAND UNLIMITED BY WATER SUPPLY. — THE SELECTION OF IRRIGABLE LANDS. — INCREASE IN THE WATER SUPPLY.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. THE LANDS OF UTAH — PHYSICAL FEATURES. — TIMBER. — IRRIGABLE AND PASTURE LANDS. — UINTA-WHITE BASIN. — THE CAÑON LANDS. — THE SEVIER LAKE DISTRICT. — THE GREAT SALT LAKE DISTRICT. — GRASSES.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. IRRIGABLE LANDS OF THE SALT LAKE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. — METHOD AND SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION. — IRRIGATION BY THE LARGE STREAMS. — IRRIGATION BY SMALL STREAMS.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. IRRIGABLE LANDS OF THE VALLEY OF THE SEVIER RIVER.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. IRRIGABLE LANDS OF THAT PORTION OF UTAH DRAINED BY THE COLORADO RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. — THE VIRGIN RIVER. — KANAB CREEK. — THE PARIA RIVER. — THE ESCALANTE RIVER. — THE FREMONT RIVER. — THE SAN RAFAEL RIVER. — THE PRICE RIVER. — MINNIE MAUD CREEK. — THE UINTA RIVER. — ASHLEY FORK. — HENRYS FORK. — THE WHITE RIVER. — THE GREEN RIVER. — THE GRAND RIVER. — THE SAN JUAN RIVER. — OTHER STREAMS.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. LAND GRANTS IN AID OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
17. 17.INDEX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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