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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.

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