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U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation
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A U.S. Department of the Interior agency that oversees water resource management incuding the oversight and operation of numerous diversion, delivery, and storage projects the agency has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power ...
Irrigation by means of underground porous tile or its equivalent.
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The state of floating in water rather than being dissolved in it.
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To build up or fasten together metals by bonding on molten metal.
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A road made of logs laid crosswise on the ground or on other logs.
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Defined in Section 3(5)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as:
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A structure curved both in the lengthwise and crosswise direction.
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Special name given to a crib dam when built with gabions. See dam.
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The numerical difference between the plastic and shrinkage limits.
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A tunnel support consisting of a roof beam or arch, and two posts.
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A device that measures the amount of suspended solids in a liquid.
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