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<br />Part III
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<br />.Colorado River Basin
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<br />Estimated acreage of irrigation and nonirrigation soil classes
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<br />for the Colorado River Basin in Colorado given by the Comprehensive
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<br />Framework Study are as follows:
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<br />Irri~ation Soil Class
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<br />lOOO Acres
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<br />A
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<br />Nonirrigation soil class
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<br />228
<br />2,584
<br />1,158
<br />3,313
<br />7,283
<br />17,299
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<br />Total
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<br />24,562 ::.
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<br />Irrigation Suicability
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<br />PotEr.tiu.l:y irrigable li:ln6.s in "i.(ie Uppal'" (olorado Riv€:l' Basin
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<br />in acdition to irrigated acreage comprise 2,06~,BOO acres or jess ,Ilun
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<br />9 percent of the total lqnd area. The lands suitable for irrigation
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<br />development are widely dispersed throughout the Basin. Many of these
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<br />lands, although having soil, topographic, and drainage conditions
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<br />favorable for irrigation, are located where ~ater supply is insuffi-
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<br />cient or inaccessible at the present time but may be conducive to
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<br />The potentially irritable lands~fifr-+fte
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<br />summarized ifr-t'ile-fM.j,ow-ing--lio:ting. (i~/. ,.,.,....,..
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<br />development in the future.
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<br />1,000 acres).
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