Final Report on the Mid-Plains Division of the Artesian and Underflow Investigation Between the Ninety-Seventh Meridian of Longitude West of Greenwich and the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from Final Report on the Mid-Plains Division of the Artesian and Underflow Investigation Between the Ninety-Seventh Meridian of Longitude West of Greenwich and the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Vol. 4: And a Special Report on Certain Artesian Conditions in the State of South DakotaMany people find it difficult to understand how water can be run out from a river and up on to high land for use in irrigation. It is the rapid Slope of the surface of the plains which makes this an easy mat ter. The general surface of the Arkansas Valley in Kansas, for exam ple', has a fall of 75 feet per mile, and gently sloping banks lead from the river up to the prairie, or upland. If an irrigating canal be Opened from the river, as shown in the accompanying cut, having a fall of l5x feet per mile, it will climb 6 feet higher up the slope each mile _of its progress, yet have fall enough for all practical purposes, and thus the water of a stream may be led from its bed to the highest upland.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.