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Civil engineering
The branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of such public works roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
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authorized reclamation project
Engineering; Civil engineering
A congressionally approved Bureau of Reclamation project that has been authorized for specific purposes.
catchment basin
Engineering; Civil engineering
Unit watershed; an area from which all the drainage water passes into one stream or other body of water.
dam failure hydrograph
Engineering; Civil engineering
A flood hydrograph resulting from a dam breach prepared for a specific location downstream from the dam.
grizzly
Engineering; Civil engineering
A coarse screen used to remove oversize pieces from earth or blasted rock. A gate or closure on a chute.
probability of load
Engineering; Civil engineering
Likelihood that a certain loading event (static, seismic, hydrologic, other) occurs at a structure site.
pumping energy
Engineering; Civil engineering
Energy required to pump water from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir of a pumped-storage plant.
recruitment
Engineering; Civil engineering
Survival of young plants and animals from birth to a life stage less vulnerable to environmental change.
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