Arquivos: Glossário

An abnormal and sudden rise of the sea along a shore as a result of the winds of a storm.

Assets exposed to devaluations or conversion to ‘liabilities’ because of unanticipated changes in their initially expected revenues due to innovations and/or evolutions of the business context, including changes in public regulations at the domestic and international levels.

A systematic and fact‐based approach for optimizing an organization’s supply base and improving the overall value proposition.

Subdivision of the environmental framework. NAWQA Study Units are divided into subareas that exhibit reasonably homogeneous environmental conditions, as determined by both natural and human influences.

The highly stratified region of the atmosphere above the troposphere extending from about 10 km (ranging from 9 km at high latitudes to 16 km in the tropics on average) to about 50 km altitude. See also Atmosphere, and Troposphere.

A person who purchases cannabis on behalf of another

The type of runoff where water flows in a channel downhill because of the pull of gravity.

To obstruct, diminish, destroy, alter, modify, relocate or change the natural existing shape of the channel.

Natural water course of perceptible extent with definite beds and banks that confines and conducts continuously flowing water.

Quantitative determination of stream flow using gages, current meters, weirs or other measuring instruments at selected locations.