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: Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918; Dutton, Clarence E. (Clarence Edward), 1841-1912; Thompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906; Drummond, Willis; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.)
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 1879
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Public lands; Arid regions; Irrigation; Rain and rainfall
Other titles: Lands of the arid regions 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 Surveys of the Rocky Mountain Region.

Two maps on 2 folded leaves in pocket.

Includes index.

Reprinted from the 1878 ed. then out of print.  Two maps of two Utah locations added.
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; 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 C.E. Dutton; title: Irrigable land of that portion of Utah drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries / by A.H. Thompson; title: Land grants in aid of internal improvements / by Willis Drummond, Jr.