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<br />." cultivation. !Ci:](\untingto "bout one hundre[l and Bixt~'-:"ive thous"'l1., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />ec re B . <br /> <br />'v/l1at bearing ha:s thi s upon the Colorado rliver J::,stem? Simply <br />thi.s. the topographic'al and ge olor,ioal festures ofG!oe 3e vie l' <br /> <br />, <br />Valley are similar to those on the Colorado Hiver System. Vie <br /> <br />hEl.ve the SeI:le long narrow \"alle:,'s that we have on the Sevier - <br /> <br />we hlH"s tt~ same soil and subsoil drainas-e beck to the river - <br /> <br />we have the SE~S re~id fall of the highland valleys that ~e heve <br /> <br /> <br />in the ~e\'ier Vblley. so it is no'more th['n'natural to e:roect we, <br /> <br /> <br />will have the s?,me natural conditions, on the Colorado River th2t <br /> <br />we have on the Sevier rliITcr tOdey, ss-~eci811y in the ~eITier <br /> <br />valley. <br /> <br />One other fact that must be borne in mind is that the irri- <br /> <br />gation of the highland reaches of the riITsr system in effect pro- <br /> <br />duces shn,ge regulations for H.e 10\'/er river wi thout coct to the <br /> <br />lower water USers. J.'his nas been illustrtited in tJ;e case of the <br /> <br />Se vie r rli ve r. <br /> <br />Away back in l890 all tho direc t flow of the Ti ver W&,S a~)pro- <br /> <br /> <br />priated at the lower end. Today all these riGhts are being satis- <br /> <br />fied and new riphts have aoorued, and there is still a surplus of <br /> <br />water f.oin~ into Se~ier ~Eke. ~his is the result meinly or re- <br />:clo'.' <br />t'lrn!frcM t':le l1l)'!)sr reaCl'Jes of the river 1'111ere the water neS ueen, <br /> <br />spread o',e1' the land :-01' a :?Criod 0:' years <"'<.1 tJ:e sr,bsoil '".1'"io- <br /> <br />age has beacMd its equilibrium. the w",ter not cO.1suI:led ,'eturning <br /> <br />S.l.. <br />