Water knowledge
WATERPEDIA
Technical water terms, definitions and acronyms.
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EPU
Economic Plan Unit
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EPU
Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department
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EQA
Enviromental Quality Act
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erosion
the process in which a material is worn away by a stream of liquid (water) or air, often due to the presence of abrasive particles in the stream.
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estuary
a place where fresh and salt water mix, such as a bay, salt marsh, or where a river enters an ocean.
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evaporation
the process of liquid water becoming water vapor, including vaporization from water surfaces, land surfaces, and snow fields, but not from leaf surfaces. See transpiration
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evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.[1] The surrounding gas must not be saturated with the evaporating substance. When the molecules of the liquid collide, they...
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evapotranspiration
the sum of evaporation and transpiration.
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EW
Engineering Works
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