Water Yield in Relation to Environment in the Southwestern United States (Pamphlet)

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Editors: Warnock, Barton H.  (1911-1998) and Gardner, J.L.  (James Linton) (1901-1984)

Publisher: Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Pub Date: 1960

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good.  Stapled binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Light edge and corner wear.  Errata slip tipped in.

Notes: Pamphlet.  Symposium papers.  “Water is the most important single factor limiting human occupation of arid and semiarid regions.  Its limited availability has resulted in what Koenig (1956) refers to as an ‘oasis economy,’in which population is concentrated in areas where water is available and very sparse in those where it is is not.”  (From the Introduction) From desert to mountain-top, soils, climate, how water passes through an environment.  “Whiskey’s for drinking and water’s for fighting over.” (attributed to Mark Twain, but never proved).  VERY RARE.  No copies available for sale.