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<br />'~o.~G <br />~ ~ <br /> <br />Switchyard - An area usually fenced containing equipment for routing the <br />flow of electrical power. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Tailrace - A channel for conveying discharged water from a hydroelectric <br />powerplant. <br /> <br />Take line - The actual right-of-way boundary established for project <br />use and authority granted by congressional approval and action. <br /> <br />Talus slope - A mantle of rock fragments on a slope below a rock face. <br /> <br />TDS - Abbreviation for total dissolved solids (see solid wastes). <br /> <br />Terminal storage - The ultimate or last storage facility of the system. <br /> <br />Topographic climax - A climax (q.v.) that is determined by the nature <br />of the topography. <br /> <br />Topo-edaphic climax - A community that remains self-perpetuating due to <br />a combination of topographic and edaphic (soil-related) factors. <br /> <br />Torrenticoles - Bottom organisms, usually insect larvae (naiads), adapted <br />to swiftly flowing waters, e.g., riffles and rapids. <br /> <br />Transmission line - A facility for transmitting electrical energy at <br />high voltage from one point to another point. Transmission line <br />voltages are normally 115 kV or larger. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Trashrack - A screen of widely spaced bars used to catch large objects <br />floating in a channel. <br /> <br />Trophic - Having to do with the process of nutrition. <br /> <br />Tunnel spoil or muck - Material and rock excavated during construction <br />of a tunnel. It usually lacks organic material. <br /> <br />Turbidity - The quality or state of being muddy or cloudy in.physical <br />appearance. <br /> <br />Ungulates - Hooved animals. <br /> <br />Unpainted mining claim - Is a mining claim where clear title has not <br />been conveyed from the United States to a private party because <br />the purported use for mining has not been proven to be economically <br />feasible or required improvements have not been made by the <br />private party. <br /> <br />. <br />