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• North Africa and Middle East leader observation tour of land and water resource development, management, and use of arid and semi-arid lands in the western United States, September 1953-January 1954; report. ([Washington, 1954), by United States Bureau of Land Management (page images at HathiTrust)
• The conquest of arid America (Harper & brothers, 1900), by William E. Smythe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Arid lands of Australia (Australian National University Press, 1969), by R. O. Slatyer, Rayden Alfred Perry, and Australian Academy of Science (page images at HathiTrust)
• Native fishes of arid lands : a dwindling resource of the desert Southwest (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1991), by John N. Rinne and W. L. Minckley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vegetation responses to grazing, rainfall, site condition, and mesquite control on semidesert range (Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1975), by Dwight R. Cable and S. Clark Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Desert encroachment on arable lands : significance, causes, and control (The Office, 1972), by United States. Agency for International Development. Office of Science and Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• An approach to the remote detection of earth resources in sub-arid lands (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1968), by Jean Pouquet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the lands of the arid region of the United States : with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. With maps (Govt.print.off., 1879), by Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.), A. H. Thompson, Willis Drummond, Clarence E. Dutton, Grove Karl Gilbert, and John Wesley Powell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the climatic and agricultural features and the agricultural practice and needs of the arid regions of the Pacific slope, with notes on Arizona and New Mexico. (Govt. Print. Off., 1882), by Eugene W. Hilgard, T. C. Jones, and Robert W. Furnas (page images at HathiTrust)
• A cumulus convection model applied to thunderstorm rainfall in arid regions (The Hydrologic Engineering Center, Corps of Engineers, US Army, 1970), by D. L. Morgan and Hydrologic Engineering Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of ground and surface water utilization in urbanized arid areas (Center for Water Resources Research, Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada System, 1970), by G. F. Cochran, W. C. Wilson, and J. C. Ohrenschall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Appendix G, the MESA field guide, mapping episodic stream ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2014], 2014), by Kris Vyverberg, Roland H. Brady, California. Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fresno California State University, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• A summary of methods for the collection and analysis of basic hydrologic data for arid regions (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 1971), by S. E. Rantz and Thomas E. Eakin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Progress in the application of landform analysis in studies of semiarid erosion (Washington, 1961), by Stanley Alfred Schumm, R. F. Hadley, and American Association for the Advancement of Science (page images at HathiTrust)

• Soil temperature variations on a semidesert habitat in southern Arizona (Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, 1969), by Dwight R. Cable and Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. (Govt. Print. Off., 1890), by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Richard J. Hinton, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Appendix G, the MESA field guide, mapping episodic stream ([Sacramento, Calif.] : California Energy Commission, [2014], 2014), by Kris Vyverberg, Roland H. Brady, California. Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fresno California State University, and California Energy Commission. Energy Research and Development Division (page images at HathiTrust)

• Aeolian features of southern California : a comparative planetary geology guidebook (Arizona State University ;, 1978), by Ronald Greeley and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Planetary Geology (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Application of geomorphic principles to environmental management in semiarid regions (Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, 1980), by Stanley Alfred Schumm, Z. B. Begin, and M. T. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Arid land resource inventories : developing cost-efficient methods = ; an international workshop, November 30-December 6, 1980, La Paz, Mexico - de recursos de tierra aridas : desarrollo de meodos eficientes en Inventarios de recursos de tierra aridas : desarrollo de meodos eficientes en costos (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1981), by International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, United States Forest Service, and Mexico) Arid Land Resource Inventories Workshop (1980 : La Paz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the Ground-water Detection Workshop, 12-14 January 1982, Vicksburg, Mississippi (Dept. of the Army, Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers ;, 1984), by Miss.) Ground-water Detection Workshop (1982 : Vicksburg, Elba A. Dardeau, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Belvoir Research and Development Center (U.S.), and U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings of the United States - People's Republic of China Bilateral Symposium on Droughts and Arid-Region Hydrology, September 16-20, 1991, Tucson, Arizona (U.S. Geological Survey ;, 1991), by Ariz.) United States - People's Republic of China Bilateral Symposium on Droughts and Arid-Region Hydrology (1991 : Tucson, W. Y. Tan, W. H. Kirby, China. Shui wen ju, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Presented at the AS of ISES Passive Solar Conference : October 19-25, 1980, Amherst, Massachusetts (Solar Energy Research Institute, 1980), by Tad L. Bircher, Mo.) Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, and Solar Energy Research Institute (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. (Govt. Print. Off., 1890), by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Richard J. Hinton, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. (Govt. Print. Off., 1890), by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Richard J. Hinton, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A geomorphological and paleoclimatological study of the playas of Iran. ([Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, United States Air Force] :, 1970), by Daniel B. Krinsley and Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Channel and hillslope processes in a semiarid area, New Mexico. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1966), by Luna B. Leopold (page images at HathiTrust)

• Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. (Govt. Print. Off., 1890), by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Richard J. Hinton, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• A Workshop on Desert Processes, September 24-28, 1984--report on the conference (U.S. Geological Survey, 1987), by Ariz.) Workshop on Desert Processes (1984 : Flagstaff, J. N. Rinker, John F. McCauley, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dendroclimatic changes in semiarid America (University of Arizona Press, 1956), by Edmund Schulman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Arid and semiarid land stewardship : a 10-year review of accomplishments and contributions of the International Arid Lands Consortium (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2001), by Peter F. Ffolliott and Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The role of the National Science Foundation in arid and semi-arid land research (National Science Foundation, 1979), by Yacov Y. Haimes, National Science Foundation (U.S.). Office of Program Analysis, and D.C.) Workshop Report on Arid and Semi-Arid Land Research Needs (1978 : Washington (page images at HathiTrust)

• First report. (New York, 1956), by International Geographical Union. Commission on the Arid Zone and Rio de Janeiro International Geographical Congress. 18th (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A Research and development program for the arid lands of the Southwest : final draft. (Pacific Southwest Forest & Range Experiment Station ;, 1977), by Colo.) Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station (Fort Collins and Calif.) Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Policy of the Federal government toward the reclamation of arid lands of the West : 1885-1902 (University of California, 1950), by Donald Vial and Berkeley University of California (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Lands of the arid regions of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. (Government Printing Office, 1879), by John Wesley Powell, Willis Drummond, Willis Drummond, A. H. Thompson, Clarence E. Dutton, Grove Karl Gilbert, and Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Water-related technologies for sustainable agriculture in arid/semiarid lands : selected foreign experience. (For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Water-related technologies for sustainable agriculture in U.S. arid/semiarid lands : summary. (Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1983), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Water-related technologies for sustainable agriculture in U.S. arid/semiarid lands. (Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment :, 1983), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plant materials for use on surface-mined lands in arid and semiarid regions (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service :, 1981), by Ashley A. Thornburg and United States. Soil Conservation Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reforestation in arid lands (VITA, 1977), by Fred R. Weber, Virginia C. Palmer, and Peace Corps (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. (Govt. Print. Off., 1890), by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Richard J. Hinton, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reforestation in arid lands ([ACTION (Service Corps)] :, 1977), by Fred R. Weber, Volunteers in Technical Assistance, Peace Corps (U.S.), and United States. Action (page images at HathiTrust)
• The man and the hill (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1962), by Luna B. Leopold and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geochemical sampling in arid environments by the U.S. Geological Survey (Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey :, 1988), by Margaret E. Hinkle and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lands of the arid regions of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. (Government Printing Office, 1879), by John Wesley Powell, Willis Drummond, Willis Drummond, A. H. Thompson, Clarence E. Dutton, Grove Karl Gilbert, and Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Technical manual for groundwater exploration in arid and semiarid regions using Landsat visual and digital analyses (The Office ;, 1982), by Judith Ann Monte, Daniel I. Cooper, Greenhorne & O'Mara, and United States. Office of Water Research and Technology (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Conquest of Arid America, by William Ellsworth Smythe (HTML at LOC)
• Lands of the arid regions of the United States, with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah. (Government Printing Office, 1879), by John Wesley Powell, Willis Drummond, Willis Drummond, A. H. Thompson, Clarence E. Dutton, Grove Karl Gilbert, and Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Revegetating processed oil shale and coal spoils on semi-arid lands : interim report (Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ;, 1980), by Neil C. Frischknecht, Robert B. Ferguson, and Ohio) Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory (Cincinnati (page images at HathiTrust)
• The conquest of arid America (Harper & brothers, 1900), by William E. Smythe (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands. (Govt. Print. Off., 1890), by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Richard J. Hinton, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The conquest of arid America (Young People's Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada, 1908), by William E. Smythe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geology and hydrology of selected playas in western United States (Geology Dept., University of Massachusetts, 1970), by Ward S. Motts, David Carpenter, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.), and University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus). Department of Geology (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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