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<br />. <br /> <br />I .~ ~ - <br />qu~~ <br /> <br />Inactive storage (or capacity) - That water stored (or capacity) in a <br />reservoir that is above dead storage but not used to store water <br />which will be released from the reservoir for Project purposes. <br /> <br />Insolation - The rate at which radiant energy is incident directly from <br />the sun per unit horizontal area .at any place on or above the surface <br />of the earth. <br /> <br />Interceptor ditch - A ditch that is placed either above or below a cut <br />or embankment to intercept stormflows and concentrate them for disposal. <br /> <br />Invader plant species - Species, often annuals, which are not a part of <br />the climax vegetation. <br /> <br />Joint-use storage (or capacity) - That storage (or capacity) that is shared <br />by more than one use on a time or some other priority basis. In <br />Pueblo the Joint-Use Pool will be reserved for flood control during <br />high flood potential periods and will be available for conservation <br />storage during other periods. <br /> <br />Kilovolt - One thousand volts, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Kilowatt-hour - A unit of energy equivalent to that transferred or <br />expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power, approximately 1.34 <br />horsepower an hour. <br /> <br />Krummholz - Shrubby, stunted growth-form of trees. <br /> <br />Lacustrine - Of or pertaining to lakes; organisms living in a lake <br />environment. <br /> <br />Laramide orogeny - In broad sense, series of diastrophic movements which <br />began at the end of Cretaceous time. <br /> <br />Lenses - Geologic deposits bounded by converging surfaces (at least oue <br />of which is curved), thick in the middle and thinning out toward the <br />edges, resembling a convex lens. <br /> <br />Life zone - Any of a series of biogeographic zones into which a continent, <br />region, etc., is divided both by latitude and altitude on the basis <br />of the eharacteristic animal and plant life in a zone. <br /> <br />Limnology - The science that deals with the physical, chemieal, and bio- <br />logical properties and features of fresh waters. <br /> <br />Lithic - Of or pertaining to stone. <br /> <br />. <br />