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<br />'..'t t" <br />, <br /> <br />Riparian - Adjacent to bank of a river or lake. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Scarp - The steep-faced edge of a cuesta or a plateau. <br /> <br />Seismicity - The phenomonon of earth movements or seismic activity. <br /> <br />Substation - A station which is subsidiary to a central station <br />and at which high-tension electricity from the central station <br />is transformed to electricity lower in potential and <br />converted if desired to continuous current or to alternating <br />current of a different frequency. <br /> <br />Surface acres - The two-dimensional water surface of a lake <br />amounting to 43,560 square feet. <br /> <br />Surge tanks - A vessel for leveling out sudden changes in flow <br />of water. <br /> <br />Synergistic - The simultaneous action of separate agencies, ,ohich, <br />together, have greater total effect.than the sum of their <br />individual effects. <br /> <br />Taxa - The classified category of an organism as a species or <br />genus, etc. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Trashracks - A screen of widely spaced bars used to catch large <br />objects floating in a channel. <br /> <br />Ubiquitous - Present or seeming to be presennt. everywhere at the <br />same time. <br /> <br />Visitor days - Consists of 12 visitor hours which may be aggregated <br />continuously, intermittently, or simultaneously by one or more <br />persons at a recreation facility. <br /> <br />Xeric - Low or deficient in moisture available for plant Ufe. <br /> <br />. <br />