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<br />~~~0 <br />qU~O <br /> <br />Lithosol - A soil having little or no evidence of soil development and <br />consisting mainly of a partly weathered mass of rock fragments or <br />of nearly barren rock. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Littoral - The region along the shore. <br /> <br />Lode claim - A mining claim on an area containing a vein or lode. <br />(stream, channel, or watercourse). <br /> <br />Loessial soil - Soil composed of fine silt or dust that has been <br />transported to its present location by the wind. <br /> <br />M&I - Abbreviation for municipal and industrial use of water. <br /> <br />Megavolt amperes - A unit of electrical capacity, one million volt <br />amperes. <br /> <br />Megawatt - One million watts of electrical power. <br /> <br />Metalimnion zone - Middle layer of water (see stratification). <br /> <br />Metamorphic parent materials - Unconsolidated metamorphic rock material <br />from which soils are formed. <br /> <br />Metasediments - Metamorphic rock of sedimentary origin. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />mg/l - Abbreviation for mi1ligrama per liter. <br /> <br />Mineral right - The right or title to all, or to certain specified <br />minerals in a given tract, which is enforceable by law. <br /> <br />Monadnock - An isolated hill or mountain or r~blbLafit ruck G~~c~~t!~g <br />a peneplain (q.v.). <br /> <br />Monolithic - A single large piece. <br /> <br />Moraine - A mass of rocks, gravel, sand, clay, etc., carried and deposited <br />directly by a glacier. <br /> <br />Morning glory intake or spillway - Spillway consisting of entrance struc- <br />turea shaped like a vertical flared funnel with its top as the lip <br />of the spillway with central vertical or inclined shaft that <br />carries discharge downward to tunnels leading to river channel below <br />the dams. <br /> <br />Neut~al - Neither significantly acid or alkaline, i.e.! possessing a pH <br />of or near 7.0. <br /> <br />O&M - Abbreviation for operation and maintenance. <br /> <br />. <br />