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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />.:) Cj'" 3' 6 <br />:.1 " ~ ..J.. <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />SUMMARY . <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />AUTHORITY AND ORGANIZATION. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />PURPOSE AND SCOPE . <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIN. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Location and Size <br />History . . <br />Population. . <br />Land Ownership. <br />Climate . <br /> <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />.' <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />LAND RESOURCES. <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />Physiography. <br />Geology <br />Mineral Resources <br />Soils . <br /> <br />7 <br />8 <br />10 <br />12 <br /> <br />WATER RESOURCES <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />Water Supply. <br />Water Quality <br />Water Rights. <br /> <br />30 <br />32 <br />34 <br /> <br />LAND AND WATER USE. <br /> <br />35 <br /> <br />Land Use. .. . <br />Cover Conditions and Management <br />Irrigated Cropland. <br />Dry Cropland. . <br />Rangeland . . . <br />Desert Sites. . <br />Foothi 11 Sites. <br />Montane Sites <br />Alpine Sites. <br />Phreatophytes <br />Flood Damages <br />Water Use . <br /> <br />35 <br />39 <br />39 <br />41 <br />41 <br />42 <br />44 <br />46 <br />48 <br />48 <br />50 <br />5l <br /> <br />THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY <br /> <br />53 <br /> <br />The Resource Base . . . <br />Number and Size of Farms and Ranches. <br />Types of Farms and Ranches. <br />Farm and Ranch Tenure . <br />Agricultural Investment <br />Transportation. <br />Markets .. . <br /> <br />54 <br />54 <br />56 <br />57 <br />57 <br />57 <br />58 <br />