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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 ...
A layer of pervious material in an earthfill dam to relieve pore pressures or to facilitate drainage of the fill.
Industry:Engineering
A cliff or steep slope that separates two level or gently sloping areas. Cliff or steep slope edging higher land.
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A method for compacting soil using water added after the soil is in place until free water stands on the surface.
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A method for compacting soil using water added after the soil is in place until free water stands on the surface.
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Relatively short, light-weight, curved tube used to convey water over ditch banks to irrigate furrows or borders.
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The quantity of water that can be collected for a given use from surface or ground water sources. See safe yield.
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An act by the Congress of the United States which authorizes use of public funds to carry out a prescribed action.
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The physicochemical process whereby one species of ions adsorbed on soil particles is replaced by another species.
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Number and kinds of organisms per unit area or volume; the composition of species in a given area at a given time.
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Soils that have the characteristics of two of the classification groups in the Unified Soil Classification System.
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