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The abbreviation for reverse osmosis.

Any naturally formed, consolidated or unconsolidated material (but not soil) consisting of two or more minerals.

Surveyor’s measurement equal to 16.5 feet.

The principal reason for the occurrence of a problem

The transition zone between stem and root at the ground line of a tree or seedling.

The number of years required to establish and grow trees to a specified size, product, or condition of maturity. A pine rotation may range from as short as 20 years for pulpwood to more than 60 years for sawtimber.

Age, in years, at which mature timber is harvested.

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Harvested wood in round or log form.

1) derivation of an outflow hydrograph of a stream from known values of upstream flow, using the wave velocity and/or storage equation. 2) technique used to compute the effect of channel storage and channel movement on the shape and movement of a flood wave through a river reach.