Water

Water

Water is a chemical compound with the chemical formula H20. A water molecule contains one hydrogen atom and two oxygen atoms. Water is a liquid at standard ambient temperature and pressure though it can be a solid (ice)in low temperatures or evaporate into water vapor a higher temperatures.

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interruptible water

Natural environment; Water

Water that is available for use on a year-to-year basis, depending on how much water is stored in lakes Travis and Buchanan. Interruptible water is subject to curtailment during water shortages.

porous

Natural environment; Water

Something which allows water to pass through it. Compare nonporous.

tail-water runoff

Natural environment; Water

Unused irrigation water or rain water that is collected at the base or end of an irrigated system or field in a ditch or impoundment. This water may be reused again for irrigation purposes, be left ...

atmosphere

Natural environment; Water

The layer of gases surrounding the earth and composed of considerable amounts of nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen.

ecoregion

Natural environment; Water

a geographic area over which the macroclimate is sufficiently uniform to permit development of similar ecosystems on sites with similar geophysical properties.