Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . Fig. 4. 30 Wmilcs SO 60 -Profile of South Fork of Kern River. an encouraging field for immediate investigation. The need ofpower in the agricultural valleys of California was never so apparentas now, after a series of dry years, when the ordinary flow of thestreams has diminished to the extent of eliminating much hithertovaluable land, which of course precludes further development along 16 RECONNAISSANCE OE KERN RIVER, CALIFORNIA. [no. 46. gravity lines. Power applied to the pumping of water from thegravel beds which u
Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . Fig. 4. 30 Wmilcs SO 60 -Profile of South Fork of Kern River. an encouraging field for immediate investigation. The need ofpower in the agricultural valleys of California was never so apparentas now, after a series of dry years, when the ordinary flow of thestreams has diminished to the extent of eliminating much hithertovaluable land, which of course precludes further development along 16 RECONNAISSANCE OE KERN RIVER, CALIFORNIA. [no. 46. gravity lines. Power applied to the pumping of water from thegravel beds which underlie most of the California streams where theydebouch from their canyons at once solves the difficulty; and wherethe water plane is not far below the surface this method of irrigation. Fig. 5.—Map showing points of stream measurements. is in many ways more convenient and perhaps not more expensive than the ordinary canal. VOLUME. From daily measurements continued through a series of years th<run-off of Kern River Basin is well established, though the precipita
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