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Show CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 1245 Identification: July 15, 1957 Admitted Extract From 1 Hour, Irrigation Engineering (1951). (pp. 279, 306-08) Depths of water consumed by evaporation and transpiration on land areas are often referred to as evapo-transpiration. In western United States, where many investigations of combined evaporation and transpiration have been made in connection with irrigation developments, total depths consumed are commonly referred to as consumptive use. In this chapter, the term evapo-transpiration is generally used in discussing results of pot, tank, or plot measurements, and the term consumptive use, in discussing results of investigations on relatively large areas of native growths, agricultural crops, or mixed vegetation. [p. 306] EVAPO-TRANSPIRATION Evapo-transpiration is the total quantity of water consumed by evaporation and transpiration. It is sometimes referred to as evaporation, total evaporation, land evaporation, water losses, total losses, fly-off, or consumptive use. For a small area of native vegetation, devoid of ponds or stream, evapo-transpiration for the growing season |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |