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U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation
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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 ...
fry
Life stage of fish between the egg and fingerling stages. Depending on the species of fish, fry can measure from a few millimeters to a few centimeters.
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Basic unit of electric energy equal to an average of one kilowatt of power applied over one hour. A unit of energy equivalent to one thousand watthours.
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An in-place shear test in which a rod with thin radial vanes at the end is forced into the soil and the resistance to rotation of the rod is determined.
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A term used in measuring the volume or amount of water needed to cover 1 acre (43,560 square feet) 1 foot deep (325,851 gallons or 1,233.5 cubic meters).
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The ratio of the total volume change in a soil mass at a given time to the total volume change anticipated in the soil mass due to primary consolidation.
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Act of putting new copper insulated wire in the armature windings of a generator. Replacement of an armature (stator) winding of a synchronous generator.
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A fold in rocks in which the strata dip inward from both sides toward the axis. Troughlike downward sag or fold in rock layers. Opposite of an anticline.
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Instrument, consisting of a porous cup filled with water and connected to a manometer or vacuum gauge, used for measuring the soilwater matrix potential.
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The thickness or width of a dam as measured horizontally between the upstream and downstream faces and normal to the axis or centerline crest of the dam.
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Annual budget document that describes proposed work to be performed at a specific Bureau of Reclamation project, and details the amount of funds required.
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