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<br />. ., {~. .. <br />4u,J.i <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Cirque - A deep, steep-walled recess on a mountainside made by glacial <br />erosion. <br /> <br />Climatic climax - The plant community that is the end result of plant <br />succession and will undergo no further succession unless there is <br />a change in climate or a disturbance, e.g., clearing or fire. <br /> <br />Climax community - A self-perpetuating biotic community with presumedly <br />no net annual accumulation of organic matter. <br /> <br />~ - An aggregate of plants produced vegetatively from a single <br />parent; the progeny and parent are genetically identical. <br /> <br />Concrete plug - Filling of a void, chamber, turnout, or some water <br />conveyance structure full of concrete so that it no longer can be <br />used for conveyance. <br /> <br />Conservation <br />s tor ed <br />purposes. <br /> <br />storage (or capacity) <br />for use and will be <br /> <br />- That water (or capacity) that is <br />released as needed for Project <br /> <br />Cuesta - The ridge formed by a layer of resistant rock when the layer <br />is inclined gently. It is a hogback when the layer is inclined <br />steeply. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Cutoff trench - An impervious barrier beneath a dam to impede seepage. <br /> <br />Dead storage (or capacity) - That water stored (or capacity) in a <br />reservoir that is below the lowest outlet elevation. <br /> <br />Deciduous - Shedding leaves annually. <br /> <br />Depletion - Total cost of water to the stream due to consumptive uses, <br />evaporation. seepage) and evapotranspiration~ <br /> <br />DES - Abbreviation for draft environmental statement. <br /> <br />Diapiric - Pertaining to an anticlinal fold in which a mobile core has <br />broken through the more brittle overlying rocks. <br /> <br />Dike embankment - An embankment of earth for restraining the waters of <br />a river. <br /> <br />Dimictic - Lakes in which two circulations take place each year in <br />spring and autumn; thermal stratification is inverse in winter and <br />direct in summer. <br /> <br />. <br />