water conservation zone
81Napa River Flood Project — A portion of the Napa River floodwall constructed by the Corps of Engineers. Photo taken from the 3rd Street bridge. The Napa River Napa Creek Flood Protection Project is a Civil Works project of the US Army Corps of Engineers in the city of Napa …
82gastropod — /gas treuh pod /, n. 1. any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, comprising the snails, whelks, slugs, etc. adj. 2. Also, gastropodous /ga strop euh deuhs/. belonging or pertaining to the gastropods. [1820 30; < NL Gast(e)ropoda a class of mollusks.… …
83Dam — This article is about structures for water impoundment. For other uses, see Dam (disambiguation). Hoover Dam, a concrete arch gravity dam in Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Lake Mead in the background is impounded by the dam …
84Sumatran Rhinoceros — Hairy rhinoceros redirects here. For the extinct megafauna, see woolly rhinoceros. Sumatran Rhinoceros[1] Emi and Harapan, Sumatran Rhinos, in the Cincinnati Zoo …
85Anhui — /ahn hwee /, n. Pinyin, Wade Giles. a province in E China. 35,000,000; 54,015 sq. mi. (139,899 sq. km). Cap.: Hefei. Also, Older Spelling, Anhwei /ahn hway /. * * * or An hui conventional Anhwei Province (pop., 2000 est.: 59,860,000), east… …
86irrigation and drainage — ▪ agriculture Introduction artificial application of water to land and artificial removal of excess water from land, respectively. Some land requires irrigation or drainage before it is possible to use it for any agricultural production; other… …
87Geography of South Africa — Country geography name = South Africa continent = Africa region = Southern Africa coordinates = coord|29|00|S|24|00|E|type:country area ranking = 25th km area = 1221037 percent land = km coastline = 2798 borders = Total land borders: 4,862 km… …
88Canterbury Regional Council — The Environment Canterbury logo Environment Canterbury Canterbury Regional Council Country …
89Ogallala Aquifer — Saturated thickness of the Ogallala Aquifer in 1997 after several decades of intensive withdrawals: The breadth and depth of the aquifer generally decrease from north to south …
90Road verge — A boulevard with street trees in Oak Park, Illinois A road verge, (also verge, city grass, devil s strip, nature strip, parking strip, planting strip, sidewalk buffer, tree belt, tree lawn, utility strip etc.) is a narrow strip of grass or plants …
