Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah
by Willis Drummond Clarence E. Dutton Grove Karl Gilbert A. H. Thompson John Wesley Powell
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- REPORT ON THE LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES,
- PREFACE.
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 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.
- CHAPTER II. THE LAND SYSTEM NEEDED FOR THE ARID REGION.
- IRRIGABLE LANDS.
- TIMBER LANDS.
- PASTURAGE LANDS.
- WATER RIGHTS.
- THE LANDS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED.
- CHAPTER III. THE RAINFALL OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
- DISTRIBUTION OF RAIN THROUGH THE YEAR.
- CHAPTER IV. WATER SUPPLY.
- INCREASE OF STREAMS.
- RISE OF GREAT SALT LAKE.
- VOLCANIC THEORY.
- CLIMATIC THEORY.
- THEORY OF HUMAN AGENCIES.
- FARMING WITHOUT IRRIGATION.
- 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.
- 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.
- CHAPTER VII. IRRIGABLE LANDS OF THE SALT LAKE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
- METHOD AND SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION.
- IRRIGATION BY THE LARGE STREAMS.
- IRRIGATION BY SMALL STREAMS.
- CHAPTER VIII. IRRIGABLE LANDS OF THE VALLEY OF THE SEVIER RIVER.
- 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.
- CHAPTER X. LAND GRANTS IN AID OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
- INDEX.
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