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Environmental conservation
Terms related to protecting natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future.
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caliper log
Environment; Environmental conservation
A borehole log of the diameter of an uncased well.
kalema
Environment; Environmental conservation
A violent surf that occurs on the coast of the Guinea region, West Africa.
karst
Environment; Environmental conservation
The type of geologic terrane underlain by carbonate rocks where significant solution of the rock has occurred due to flowing ground water.
kemmerer sampler
Environment; Environmental conservation
A sampling device that can be lowered either into a deep well or into a lake in order to retrieve a water sample from a particular depth in the welt or the lake.
kilowatthour (KWH)
Environment; Environmental conservation
A unit of energy equivalent to one thousand watthours.
kinematic viscosity
Environment; Environmental conservation
The ratio of dynamic viscosity to mass density. It is obtained by dividing dynamic viscosity by the fluid density. Units of kinematic viscosity are.
laboratory water
Environment; Environmental conservation
Purified water used in the laboratory as a basis for making up solutions or making dilutions. Water devoid of interfering substances.
