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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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Environmental conservation

uniformity coefficient

Environment; Environmental conservation

The ratio of the grain size that is 60 percent finer by weight to the grain size that is 10 percent finer by weight on the grain-size distribution curve.

unsaturated zone

Environment; Environmental conservation

The Zone between the land surface and the water table. It includes the root zone, intermediate zone, and capillary fringe. The pore spaces contain Water at less than atmospheric pressure, as well ...

vadose cave

Environment; Environmental conservation

A cave that occurs above the water table.

vadose water

Environment; Environmental conservation

Water in the zone of aeration.

vapor

Environment; Environmental conservation

The state of water in the hydrologic cycle in which individual molecules are highly energized and move about freely; also known as gas/gaseous.

vested water right

Environment; Environmental conservation

The right granted by a state water agency to use either surface or ground water.

virgin flow

Environment; Environmental conservation

The stream flow which exists or would exist if man had not modified the conditions on or along the stream or in the drainage basin.

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