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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water contamination

Natural environment; Water

Impairment of water quality to a degree that reduces the usability of the water for ordinary purposes or creates a hazard to public health through poisoning or the spread of diseases.

cold vapor

Natural environment; Water

Method to test water for the presence of mercury

freeboard

Natural environment; Water

the vertical distance between the lowest point along the top of a surface impoundment dike, berm, levee, treatment works or other similar feature and the surface of the liquid contained therein.

minimum streamflow

Natural environment; Water

the specific amount of water reserved to support aquatic life, to minimize pollution, or for recreation. It is subject to the priority system and does not affect water rights established prior to its ...

rill

Natural environment; Water

a small channel eroded into the soil by surface runoff; can be easily smoothed out or obliterated by normal tillage.

water cycle

Natural environment; Water

the circuit of water movement from the oceans to the atmosphere and to the Earth and return to the atmosphere through various stages or processes such as precipitation, interception, runoff, ...