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Appendix C GLOSSARY
Pages 190-194

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... ANADROMOUS Fish species that ascend rivers from the sea to breed. APPROPRIATION DOCTRINE The system of water law dominant in the western United States under which (1)
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From page 191...
... Intended to provide water requirements of plants not satisfied by rainfall. IRRIGATION DISTRICT In the United States, a cooperative, self-governing public corporation set up as a subdivision of the state, with definite geographic boundaries, organized to obtain and distribute water for irrigation of lands within the district; created under authority of the state legislature with the consent of a designated fraction of the landowners and having taxing power.
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From page 192...
... Land leveling, which can include laser leveling, can produce uniform slopes in the direction of irrigationstream advance and may improve conditions for salinity control by improving uniformity of surface irrigation. MEGALITER A measure of volume: 1 ML equals 0.8107 acre-foot; 1 acrefoot equals 1.23 ML and is the volume of water required to cover 1 acre of land to a depth of 1 foot.
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... WATER USE EFFICIENCY Marketable crop production per unit of water consumed in evapotranspiration. WATER WITHDRAWAL Water removed from ground or surface water sources for use.
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