POTASH SALTS AND OTHER SALINES IN THE GREAT BASIN REGION. 73 

 Table III. — Statistics of temperature. 



Mean 

 temper- 

 ature. 



Mean 

 maxi- 

 mum. 1 



Mean 

 mini- 

 mum. 2 



Range 

 maxi- 

 mum 

 to mini- 

 mum. 



Mean 

 relative 

 humid- 

 ity. 



Western Utah 



Nevada 



Oregon 



California 



F. 



47.4 



47.2 



46.8 



63.8 



o p 



103.6 

 105.8 

 106.1 

 112.5 



F. 



-18.2 

 -17.4 

 -22 



10 



° F. 

 121.8 

 113.2 

 128.1 

 102.5 



F. 

 52 

 51.3 



3 61 

 <36 



Table IV.- 



1 Highest aimual temperature of each station. 



2 Lowest annual temperature of each station. 



3 Baker City, Oreg. 



< Independence, Cal. 



-Proportional area of mountains, outwash slopes, silt, playa, and water in 

 the Great Basin region. 





^if,™- i Reno, 

 ville, Q^2 



Wads- 

 worth, 

 1,344 

 square 

 mUes. 



Carson, 

 3,780 

 square 

 miles. 



Amar- 

 gnsa, 

 8,307 

 square 

 miles. 



Owens 



Valleyi 



3,300 



square 



miles. 



Mmintains , , , 



Per cent. 

 75.4 



Per cent. 

 76 



Per cent. 

 61.4 



Per cent. 



41.3 



13.7 



35.5 



5.1 



4.3 



Per cent. 



55.3 



24.5 



18.2 



1.7 







Per cent. 

 35 



Outwash slopes 



46 



Silt 



23.7 



18.2 



.6 



5.2 



32.4 



.4 

 5.6 



14 



Playa 



5 



Water 



.8 















1 Water-Supply Paper No. 294, U. S. Geol. Survey. 

 Table V. — Run-off of the basin region.^ 



River. 



Drainage 

 area. 



Mean an- 

 nual run- 

 off. 



Run-off per 

 square 

 mUe. 



Depth on 



drainage 



area. 



Length of 

 record. 1 



Western Utah: 



Weber River 



Sq. miles. 



Second-feet. 

 586 

 1,860 

 339 

 157 

 208 

 433 



454 

 1,030 

 213 

 261 

 448 



281 

 78.1 

 151.9 



Second-feet. 



Inches. 



Years. 



2 



Bear River 



6,000 

 218 

 670 



3,990 

 640 



988 

 1,520 

 1,100 

 13, 800 

 5,010 



0.308 

 1.56 

 .234 

 .052 

 .676 



.461 

 .677 

 .193 

 .019 

 .089 



4.19 



21.18 



3.18 



.70 



9.16 



6.25 

 9.18 

 2.63 

 .25 

 1.23 



9 



Logan River 



6 



Spanish Fork . .. .. 



4 



Sevier River 



5 



Provo River 



6 



Nevada: 



Carson 



6 



Truckee 



6 



East Fork Walker 



3 



Humboldt at Oreana 



7 



Humboldt at Palisade. 



4 



California: 



Owens River 





Mojave River at Victorville 



400 

 256 



.i95 

 .591 



2.65 



5 



Susan River at Susan ville 



2 









1 Water-Supply Papers, Great Basin region. 



