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Record Nr.

UNINA9910715370203321

Titolo

Papers on the conservation of water resources, reprinted from Report of the National Conservation Commission, February, 1909

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, , [1909]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (approximately 93 pages, 2 pages of plates)

Collana

Water-supply paper ; ; 234

Soggetti

Water-supply - United States

Water-supply

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Distribution of rainfall, by H. Gannett.--Floods, by M.O. Leighton.--Developed water powers, compiled under the direction of W.M. Steuart, with discussion by M.O. Leighton.--Undeveloped water powers, by M.O. Leighton.--Irrigation, by F.H. Newell.--Underground waters, by W.C. Mendenhall.--Denudation, by R.B. Dole and H. Stabler.--Control of catchment areas, by H.N. Parker.