Water-supply Paper, Bände 481-484

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1921
 

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Seite 309 - A review of the laws forbidding pollution of inland waters in the United States, by EB Goodell.
Seite xv - Provided, That this officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the Geological Structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain...
Seite xvi - ... Second-feet per square mile" is the average number of cubic feet of water flowing per second from each square mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. "Run-off
Seite 301 - Fuller. 146. Proceedings of second conference of engineers of the Reclamation Service, with accompanying papers, compiled by FH Newell, chief engineer.
Seite 156 - In the table of monthly discharge the column headed " Maximum " gives the mean flow for the day when the mean gage height was highest. As the gage height is the mean for the day it does not indicate correctly the stage when the water surface was at crest height and the corresponding discharge was consequently larger than given in the maximum column.
Seite 10 - Run-off (depth in inches)" is the depth to which an area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth of inches.
Seite 43 - Operation of water-stage recorders satisfactory throughout the year. Daily discharge ascertained by applying to the rating table mean daily gage heights determined by inspecting gage height graph.
Seite 152 - OF TERMS. The volume of water flowing in a stream — the "run-off" or "discharge" — is expressed in various terms, each of which has become associated with a certain class of work. These terms may be divided into two groups: (1) Those...
Seite 148 - Run-off in inches" is the depth to which the 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...
Seite 10 - ... of which has become associated with a certain class of work. These terms may be divided into two groups — (1) those that represent a rate of flow, as secondfeet, gallons per minute, miner's inches, and discharge in second-feet per square mile...

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