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A U.S. Department of the Interior agency that oversees water resource management incuding the oversight and operation of numerous diversion, delivery, and storage projects the agency has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power ...
Water releases that cannot be put to use for project purposes (includes floodflows).
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Pit dug for geologic investigation or inspection and testing of earthwork placement.
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A method of grouping and describing soils according to their engineering properties.
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A vertical reference surface coincident with the upstream face at the top of the dam.
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Scientific name of plants or animals which has two parts: a genus and a species name.
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A channel, usually open, that conveys water by gravity to farms, municipalities, etc.
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The height above a free water elevation to which water will rise by capillary action.
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The release or removal of an adsorbed material from the surface of a solid adsorbent.
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A method of compacting soil by dumping the soil into place with no compactive effort.
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The curved upstream surface of horizontal arch elements in an arch dam. See intrados.
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