Name/Title
"RAINFALL AND STEAM RUN-OFF IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1769"Entry/Object ID
2003.286.5.1Description
"RAINFALL AND STEAM RUN-OFF IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1769"
Color: Brown
"Rainfall and Stream Run-Off in Southern California since 1769," by H. B. Lynch (Los Angeles: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,) August 1931. The front cover of the 31-page item has the publisher's name, the title, and the author's name. Contents include a summary of conclusions; records of the mission period; records subsequent to the mission period; the form of records and supporting data; rainfall records; weighing of data; comparison of records; records used; mission crop records; data from diaries from the 1832-1850 period; rainfall fluctuations; relation of rainfall to runoff; Lake Elsinore; floods; California storms; and the detection of rainfall cycles. There are eight figures and four appendices, including a bibliography, including crop data from 1773-1834, rainfall observations for Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Santa Barbara, and rainfall indices from 1769-1930. With light spine rubbing; dented corners; page yellowing; and a pen mark at the top right of the front, the overall condition is good.Lexicon
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