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, "G41 . Upper Republican - Refers to a culture characterized by small permanent villages that is believed to have centered in the Upper Republican River Valley of northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska. This society may have extended into Colorado. Ventilation corridor - Permits air to flow through without establishing whirlwinds. Visit - A significant amount of time spent by one individual at a particular recreation facility during a 24-hour period. Visitor-day - Consists of 12 visitor hours which may be aggregated con- tinuously, intermittently, or simultaneously by one or more persons at s recreation facility. Water riRht - A grant, permit, decree, appropriation, or claim to the use of water for beneficial purposes, limited by the economical use and subject to other rights of older date of use, called priority, or prior appropriation. Weir - An overflow structure built across a channel to measure the rate of flow of water. . Western slope - That portion of Colorado lying west of the Continental Divide. The primary area of construction and impact of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project is located in the Fryingpan and Roaring Fork River drainages. Wingwalls - Retaining walls extending from a structure to hold back the embankment. Woodland Franketown Focus - A refinement of the Plains Woodland Tradition or cultural type characterized mainly by evidence of ceramic pottery. These people were probably related to the village dwelling horticultural peoples of the woodland areas to the east. Wye - Where a pipe, penstock, or water conveyance structure splits to form the shape of a "y". Zonal soils - Those soils with mature profiles developed under specific conditions of climate and vegetation. Zoned earth dam - A rolled-fill dam consisting essentially of an inner or enclosed impervious section supported by two or more outer sections of relatively pervious material. Zooplankton - Animals occurring in the plankton (q.v.). .