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Title page 256
Relation Columbia River
Date 2005-02-22 to 2005-04-11
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Description form only a small fraction of 1 percent of the flow of that mighty river. About 18 percent of the Walla Walla River Basin waters are now consumed by irrigation use, however, and this percentage may be increased to 28 percent by future developments. In the Umatilla River Basin the corresponding figures reach 23 and 40 percent. Consumptive use for irrigation may possibly account for 8 percent of the John Day waters at present, but potential developments, outlined subsequently, would divert all...
Identifier http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,1745

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