A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. Courtesy of the author & The Karst Waters Institute. 2002.
ponded roof — Flat roof designed to hold a quantity of water which acts as a cooling device … Dictionary of automotive terms
Disc permeameter — The disc permeameter is a field instrument used for measuring water infiltration in the soil, which is characterized by in situ saturated and unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. It is mainly used to provide estimates of the hydraulic… … Wikipedia
Infiltration (hydrology) — Infiltration is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil. Infiltration rate in soil science is a measure of the rate at which soil is able to absorb rainfall or irrigation. It is measured in inches per hour or millimeters… … Wikipedia
Tailing pond — Tailing ponds are areas of refused mining tailings where the refuse material is ponded to allow the settlement of solid particles from the water it is carried in. The ponded water is of some benefit as it minimizes fine tailings from being… … Wikipedia
Tailings — A panorama of Broken Hill, New South Wales, backed by the man made mullock (waste tailings) heaps from the Line of Lode mine (the mullock heaps are the hills that stretch across this image). Tailings, also called mine dumps, slimes, tails, leach… … Wikipedia
Pond — A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake, both being examples of terrain features. Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that are smaller than lakes, an internationally recognised size cutoff has not yet been… … Wikipedia
Ice cave — must have traveled into the cave’s cold zone.The term ice cave is often used to describe a cavity formed within ice, which is properly called a glacier cave.Temperature MechanismsBedrock caves are thermally insulated from the surface, so commonly … Wikipedia
Loblolly-bay — or Gordonia lasianthus is a member of the Tea or Theaceae family.Taxobox name = Gordonia lasianthus image width = 250px image caption = Gordonia lasianthus flower regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Ericales… … Wikipedia
Gordonia lasianthus — Loblolly bay or Gordonia lasianthus is a member of the Tea or Theaceae family. Gordonia lasianthus Gordonia lasianthus flower Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Mount Edziza volcanic complex — Mount Edziza, one of the main volcanoes of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex Elevation … Wikipedia
