Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States
Subtitle: with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. With maps.
By: By J. W. Powell.
Contributors: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.; Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918.; Dutton, Clarence E. 1841-1912; Thompson, A. H. V. Drummond, Willis jr.
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Govt. print. off.
Published: 1879
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Public lands -- United States; Irrigation -- West (U.S.); Irrigation -- Utah; Rain and rainfall -- West (U.S.)
Table of contents: title: Physical characteristics of the arid region.; title: The land-system needed for the arid region.; title: The rainfall of the western portion of the United States [based upon the "Smithsonian tables of precipitation in rain and snow"]; title: Water supply, by G. K. Gilbert.; title: Certain important questions relating to irrigable lands.; title: The lands of Utah.; title: Irrigable lands of the Salt Lake drainage system, by G. K. Gilbert.; title: Irrigable lands of the valley of the Sevier river, by Capt. C. E. Dutton.; title: Irrigable lands of that portion of Utah drained by the Colorado river and its tributaries, by Prof. A. H. Thompson.; title: Land grants in aid of internal improvements, by Willis Drummond, jr.