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Civil engineering
The branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and maintenance of such public works roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings.
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Engineering; Civil engineering
A sectional view showing grades and distances, usually taken along the centerline.
Tillage
Engineering; Civil engineering
Plowing, seedbed preparation, and cultivation practices. See conventional tillage.
Public land order
Engineering; Civil engineering
An action on Federal lands to withdraw it from public use for a specified purpose.
Biological processes
Engineering; Civil engineering
Processes characteristic of, or resulting from, the activities of living organisms.
Sandstone
Engineering; Civil engineering
Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains (usually quartz) cemented together.
Anadromous
Engineering; Civil engineering
Fish that migrate from salt water to freshwater to breed. Going up rivers to spawn.
Archaeology
Engineering; Civil engineering
Study of human cultures through the recovery and analysis of their material relics.
