surface waters en

  • 1Surface-water hydrology — is a field that encompasses all surface waters of the globe (overland flows, rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, oceans, etc). This a subset of the hydrologic cycle that does not include atmospheric, and ground waters. Surface water hydrology… …

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  • 2Surface runoff — Runoff flowing into a stormwater drain Surface runoff is the water flow that occurs when soil is infiltrated to full capacity and excess water from rain, meltwater, or other sources flows over the land. This is a major component of the water… …

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  • 3Surface Water Ocean Topography Mission — The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission is a proposed NASA mission to make the first global survey of Earth’s surface water. It is one of 15 missions that the 2007 National Research Council’s decadal survey of Earth science recommends… …

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  • 4surface drift — allowing a gill net to drift in surface waters, usually with the float line at the surface …

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  • 5surface set — the operation of a gill net when designed and layed out for use in surface waters …

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  • 6Surface supplied diving — (also known as Hooka diving) refers to divers using equipment supplied with breathing gas using an umbilical cord from the surface, often from a diving support vessel but possibly, indirectly via a diving chamber.cite journal |author=Gernhardt,… …

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  • 7Surface weather analysis — A surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map that provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground based weather stations. [ Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned… …

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  • 8surface — This term, when used in law, is seldom, if ever, limited to mere geometrical superficies, although when used without any qualifying phrase in a deed, it ordinarily signifies only the superficial part of land. And when employed in connection with… …

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  • 9Meg: Primal Waters —   …

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  • 10enemy waters — Storm, freshet and flood waters of a river, as distinguished from its ordinary and usual flow. Herminghaus v Southern California Edison Co. 200 Cal 81, 252 P 607. Surface waters referred to as the common enemy in supporting the common law rule… …

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