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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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Outlet works tower
Engineering; Civil engineering
A tower within a reservoir that contains the mechanisms to open the entrance to the outlet works.
Safety evaluation flood (SEF)
Engineering; Civil engineering
The largest flood for which the safety of a dam and appurtenant structure(s) are to be evaluated.
Capillary force
Engineering; Civil engineering
The tendency of water to move into fine spaces, as between soil particles, regardless of gravity.
Reservoir inflow
Engineering; Civil engineering
The amount of water entering a reservoir expressed in acre-feet per day or cubic feet per second.
Visitor day
Engineering; Civil engineering
Twelve visitor hours which may be aggregated by one or more persons in single or multiple visits.
Flow line
Engineering; Civil engineering
The path that a particle of water follows in its course of seepage under laminar flow conditions.
Playa
Engineering; Civil engineering
An intermittent shallow lake formed at the bottom of an undrained desert basin after heavy rains.
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