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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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Appropriative
Engineering; Civil engineering
Water rights to or ownership of a water supply which is acquired for the beneficial use of water by following a specific legal procedure.
Redd
Engineering; Civil engineering
The nest that a spawning female salmon digs in gravel to deposit her eggs. Depression in riverbed or lakebed dug by fish to deposit eggs.
Surge irrigation
Engineering; Civil engineering
A surface irrigation technique wherein flow is applied to furrows (or less commonly, borders) intermittently during a single irrigation set.
Recirculation zone
Engineering; Civil engineering
Area of flow composed of one or more eddies immediately downstream from a constriction in the channel, such as a debris fan or rock outcrop.
Hydrologic unit code
Engineering; Civil engineering
An eight-digit number used to identify a geographic area representing part or all of a surface drainage basin or distinct hydrologic feature.
Internal drainage
Engineering; Civil engineering
Movement of water down through soil to porous aquifers or to surface outlets at lower elevations. Drainage within a basin that has no outlet.
Finished grade
Engineering; Civil engineering
The elevation or surface of the earth after all earthwork has been completed (also finish grade). The final grade required by specifications.
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