. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN. 33 The oldest and most extensive irrigation development in this basinis on the upper Green River in Wyoming. Recently large irrigationsystems have been constructed in the Duchesne River basin. Con-siderable irrigation is practiced around Vernal, Utah, and also in thevicinity of Greenriver, Utah, along the line of the Denver and RioGrande Railroad. Along White and Yampa rivers in Colorado,meadow irrigation is extensively practiced and projects are now onfoot for the irrigation of 200,000
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . COLORADO RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN. 33 The oldest and most extensive irrigation development in this basinis on the upper Green River in Wyoming. Recently large irrigationsystems have been constructed in the Duchesne River basin. Con-siderable irrigation is practiced around Vernal, Utah, and also in thevicinity of Greenriver, Utah, along the line of the Denver and RioGrande Railroad. Along White and Yampa rivers in Colorado,meadow irrigation is extensively practiced and projects are now onfoot for the irrigation of 200,000 or 300,000 acres of land in that section. Excellent reservoir sites are found on the headwaters of the GreenRiver and its upper tributaries, and also along Yampa and Whiterivers, on Ashley Creek, and other tributaries in the northwesterncorner of Utah, and at the headwaters of Duchesne River. A veryconsiderable portion of the flow could be equalized by storage. Not a water-power plant of any importance whatever exists in thewhole drainage area of Green River, though splen
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