Common use of Description of the Basin Clause in Contracts

Description of the Basin. 2.1 The Big Blue river, a tributary of the Kansas river, drains an area of 9,696 square miles in south central Nebraska and north central Kansas. About 75 percent of the Big Blue river basin is in Nebraska, and the remainder is in Kansas. The Big Blue river and its principal tributary, the Little Blue river, join near Blue Rapids, Kansas. From there, the Big Blue river flows generally southward to join the Kansas river near Manhattan, Kansas, as shown on exhibit A. 2.2 Much of the upper portion of the basin in Nebraska is underlain with sands and gravels that supply large quantities of water to irrigation xxxxx. The lower portion of the basin in Nebraska and that portion of the basin in Kansas lack significant ground-water supplies except within the major stream valleys.