WSP10279

• File Number: 8220.106
• Description: Animas-La Plata
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 12/9/1991
• Author: Daries C. Lile
• Title: Colorado Appropriation System / Indian Water Rights ‎(outline)‎
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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GENERAL WlI.'I'RR TERMS

ACRE FOOl' (AF):
'lhe amount of water which will cover one acre of land, one foot deep.
One acre of land is 43, 560 square feet, or an area approximately 209, by
209 feet. There are 325, 860 gallons in an acre foot.

CUBIC FOOl' PER SE:CCtID (CFS):
A measurement of flow in which one cubic foot of water flows by a given
point in one second of time, equal to 449 gallons per minute.

DRAINAGE BASIN:
The geographic area that contributes water to an individual stream.

EVAl'Ol'RANSPIRA'l![OO:
The process that a plant uses to consume water fJ:Olll the earth' s surface
and release it to the atmosphere.

GROUND WATER:
Water located beneath the surface of the earth.

MINIMUM STREAM FIJ:1N:
The amount of water that is necessary in a stream to protect the
environment to a reasonable degree.

RESERVED RIGHTS:
Water rights established by :reservation of lands by the federal.
government for given pw:poses such as Indian Reservations

SUBLIMATIOO:
The act of change fJ:Olll a solid to a gaseous state without becoming
liquid, such as the loss of water content in the snow pack directly to
the atmosphere.

TRANSBASIN DIVERSIOO:
Water that is diverted fJ:Olll one river basin to another river basin.

TRANSMJUNTAIN DIVERSIOO:
Water that is diverted fJ:Olll a maj or river system to another maj or river
system. The term is often used when water is transported across the
continental divide.

TRIBUTARY:
Water that is hydrologically connected to a stream system either by
surface or underground flows.

VI RGIN F'Ia'1:
The natural flow of a stream which would occur if man had not affected
or used water from the stream.

WATER RIGtI'n
The right to use water for a given beneficial pw:pose with a specific
priority.