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U.S. Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation
Branche: Government
Number of terms: 15655
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Company Profile:
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 ...
Single-celled or colonial algae whose cell walls are made of silica.
Industry:Engineering
The upper part of the earth mass carrying the load of the structure.
Industry:Engineering
Geological study of the character, source, and mode of ground water.
Industry:Engineering
Numerical difference between the liquid limit and the plastic limit.
Industry:Engineering
A deep area of a stream between rapids or where the current is slow.
Industry:Engineering
A flume calibrated to measure the flow of liquid in an open channel.
Industry:Engineering
An opening for releasing water from below the static head elevation.
Industry:Engineering
A gate that can be opened or closed by sliding in supporting guides.
Industry:Engineering
The lowest level at which water can flow over or through a spillway.
Industry:Engineering
To measure the angle between directions with a surveying instrument.
Industry:Engineering