 ... drainage area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot...  United States Congressional Serial Set - Page 1281908Full view - About this book
 | 1906 - 786 pages
...run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover...cubic feet, or approximately 2 acre-feet. EXPLANATION OF TABLES. For each regular gaging station are given, as far as available, the following data: 1. Description... | |
 | 1906 - 834 pages
...An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,.riCO cubic feet, and is the, quantity required to cover an aero to the. depth of 1 foot. It is commonly used in connection...convenient relation between the second-foot and the acre-f<x>t. One second-foot flowing for twenty-four hours will deliver 8(i,400 cubic' feet, or approximately... | |
 | North Carolina. Division of Mineral Resources - Geology - 1899 - 812 pages
...runoff with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover an acre to the depth of one foot. It is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation work. There is a convenient... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1904 - 1190 pages
...is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet. It is a quantity that would cover an acre to a depth of 1 foot. There is a convenient relation between the second-foot...twenty-four hours will deliver 86,400 cubic feet, which equals 1.9S35 acre-feet, or, approximately 2 acre-feet. One million gallons is sometimes used... | |
 | Education - 1921 - 970 pages
...run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. An "acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet and is the quantity required to cover an acre to a depth of 1 foot. The term is commonly used in connection with the storage of water for irrigation.... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1906 - 1290 pages
...run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover...second-foot flowing for twenty-four hours will deliver 8<i,400 cubic feet, or approximately 2 acre-feet. KXPI.ANATION OF TAHLF.Si. For each regular gaging... | |
 | United States - 1906 - 1176 pages
...with rainfall, which ia usually expresscd in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent t« 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot. It is commonly uscd in connection with storage for irrigation work. There is a convenient relation between the sccond-foot... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1906 - 994 pages
...with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot'' is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover an acre to the depth of one foot. It is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation work. There is a convenient... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1906 - 1208 pages
...with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. . "Acre-foot" is equivalent (o -13,560 cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover an acre to the dept h of 1 foot. It is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation work. There is a convenient... | |
 | John Clayton Hoyt, Nathan Clifford Grover - Rivers - 1907 - 190 pages
...required to cover an acre to the depth of one foot. It is commonly used in connection with storage. There is a convenient relation between the second-foot...deliver 86,400 cubic feet, or approximately 2 acre-feet. One acre-foot equals 325,851 gallons, or a million gallons is somewhat more than 3 acre-feet. On pages... | |
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