Stream Channelization: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session [-Ninety-third Congress, First Session], Part 3 |
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| Title | Stream Channelization: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session [-Ninety-third Congress, First Session], Part 3 Stream Channelization: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session [-Ninety-third Congress, First Session], United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | Dec 28, 2006 |
| Length | 3288 pages |
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