 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...  Geological Survey Water-supply Paper - Page 3by Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1907Full view - About this book
 | 1906 - 834 pages
...uniformly distributed on thsurface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot " is equivalent...cubic feet, and is the quantity required to cover aa acre to the depth of 1 foot. It is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation work.... | |
 | North Carolina. Division of Mineral Resources - Geology - 1899 - 812 pages
...uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing runoff with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent...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... | |
 | Education - 1921 - 970 pages
...drained, on the assumption that the 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 - 994 pages
...uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-ofT with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot'' is equivalent...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... | |
 | United States - 1906 - 1176 pages
...run-off 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 - 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... | |
 | 1896
...uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent...foot. It is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation work. There is a convenient relation between the second-foot and the acre-foot: One... | |
 | John Clayton Hoyt, Nathan Clifford Grover - Rivers - 1907 - 174 pages
...for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. Acre-foot. — An acre-foot is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet, and...quantity 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... | |
 | Irrigation - 1909 - 872 pages
...in a given period were conserved and uniformly distiibuted on the surface. It is used for comparison with rainfall, which is expressed in depth in inches....foot. It is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation work. There is a convenient relation between the second-foot and the acre-foot. One... | |
 | Irrigation - 1913 - 704 pages
...uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot" is equivalent...foot. It is commonly used in connection with storage for irrigation work. CONVENIENT EQUIVALENTS. The following is a list of convenient equivalents for... | |
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