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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 ...
Art and science of graphically representing the features of the Earth's surface; synonymous with map making.
Industry:Engineering
Group of two-winged flying insects who live their larval stage underwater and emerge to fly about as adults.
Industry:Engineering
Branch of biological science which deals with relationships between living organisms and their environments.
Industry:Engineering
The height of a point above a plane of reference. Generally refers to the height above sea level. See datum.
Industry:Engineering
A storage bin or a funnel that is loaded from the top, and discharges through a door or chute in the bottom.
Industry:Engineering
The climate of a small area, particularly that of the living space of a certain species, group or community.
Industry:Engineering
An air manifold having a number of pipes which distribute compressed air coming through a single large line.
Industry:Engineering
A dam impounding a reservoir from which water is released to regulate the flow downstream. See afterbay dam.
Industry:Engineering
Group of two-winged flying insects who live their larval stage underwater and emerge to fly about as adults.
Industry:Engineering
How closely an instrument measures the true or actual value of the process variable being measured or sensed.
Industry:Engineering
