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Vertical dimension of a dam as measured from the natural streambed at the downstream toe of a dam to the top of a dam.

A wood panel (mainly softwood plywood, wafer board, or oriented strand board) used in building construction.

Structured products are investments that have multiple components such as options or swaps. The aim is to construct a customised payout profile based on the risk-reward preferences and/or market outlook of a particular investor or group of investors. The most common type of a retail structured product is a bond plus an option – these […]

Structuring means breaking up a large cash transaction into small cash transactions to disguise the true amount of cash involved in the transaction.

A major hydrologic system of the United States in which NAWQA studies are focused. Study Units are geographically defined by a combination of ground

Broad assessment of the water-quality conditions of the major aquifer systems of each NAWQA Study Unit. The Study-Unit Survey relies primarily on sampling existing wells and, wherever possible, on data collected by other agencies and programs. Typically, 20 to 30 wells are sampled in each of three to five aquifer subunits.

The value or volume of a tree or group of trees as they stand uncut in the woods (on the stump).

Economic value of a standing tree, equivalent to the amount concessionaires earn when a log is sold to the sawmill or the exporter, less the cost of logging. It is used as the net-price valuation in environmental accounting.

Sub-national actors include state/provincial, regional, metropolitan and local/municipal governments as well as non-party stakeholders, such as civil society, the private sector, cities and other sub-national authorities, local communities and indigenous peoples.

Change of a solid to a vapor (or the reverse) without the appearance of a liquid state.