Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah
By: with maps by J.W. Powell.
Contributors: Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
Edition: Facsim. of the 1879 ed., with a new introd. / by T.H. Watkins.
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Harvard, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Arid regions -- United States.; Public lands -- United States.; Arid regions -- West (U.S.); Public lands -- West (U.S.); Arid regions -- Utah.; Public lands -- Utah.
Other titles: Lands of the arid region of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah.
Notes: One of the reports of the U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region.
Reprint. Originally published : 2nd ed. Washington : G.P.O., 1879.
Includes index.
Table of contents: value: Physical characteristics of the arid region; value: The land-system needed for the arid region; value: The rainfall of the western portion of the United States; value: Water supply / by G.K. Gilbert; value: Certain important questions relating to irrigable lands; value: The lands of Utah; value: Irrigable lands of the Salt Lake drainage system / by G.K. Gilbert; value: Irrigable lands of that portion of Utah drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries / by A.H. Thompson; value: Land grants in aid of internal improvements / by Willis Drummond, Jr.