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Ground-water conditions in the Plaine de Moustiques, Haiti
The Plaine des Moustiques lies on the north coast of Haiti about 12 kilometers west-southwest of Port-de-Paix. During January 1949 the writers made a brief geologic study to determine the availability of ground water in the plain for irrigation. At present irrigation is practiced by diversions from the Rivière des Moustiques. However, the dry-season flow of this stream is generally inadequate for irrigation or is sufficient to cover only a small part of the Irrigable area of the plain. According to Lieurance1 there is a total of about 1,120 hectares of irrigable land in the plain.
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Taylor, G.C., Lemoine, R.C., 1949, Ground-water conditions in the Plaine de Moustiques, Haiti: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 49-112, Report: 5 p.; Plate: 12.50 x 6.09 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr49112.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
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Ground-water conditions in the Plaine de Moustiques, Haiti