OCR Text |
Show sovereign lands: Lands lying below the ordinary high water mark of navigable bodies of water at the date of statehood and owned by the state by virtue of its sovereignty. standard deviation: Statistical term describing the measure of the dispersion of a frequency distribution and how a probability or density function is centered around its mean. streak: Aggregation of brine shrimp eggs, brine shrimp and biomass which can be observed on or near the lake's surface. sub- basin: Drainage basin that is located within much larger drainage basin. succession: Slow, regular sequence of changes in the regional development of communities of plants and associated animals, culminating in a climax characteristic of a specific geographical environment. tailings: Residue or unusable material of the ore and an unavoidable and non- economic byproduct of the extraction of economic minerals from ore. taxonomy: System of naming and arranging animals and plants into related groups based on some factor common to each. total maximum daily load: Total pollutant loading that a water body can assimilate while still maintaining its water quality classification and standards to avoid impairment of beneficial uses. total dissolved solids: Total amount, in milligrams, of solid material dissolved in one liter or water. It is determined by weighing the solid residue after evaporation and heating to 180 degrees Celsius. total suspended solids: Concentration of all substances suspended in water ( solids remaining after filtering of a water sample). tributary: Stream that joins another stream or body of water. tri- linear plot: Three sided plot that uses percentages to depict composition. ( Anion, cation and summary percentages are used in lake chemistry tri- linear plots.) turbid: Water containing suspended matter that interferes with the passage of light through the water or which visual depth is restricted. upland: High land located some distance from a body of water where there is a noticeable change in vegetation. wastewater: Sewage, industrial waste or other liquid substances which might cause pollution of water. water budget: Water balance in a system; the amount of water entering, exiting and existing a basin through inflow, groundwater, precipitation and other means and exiting via evaporation, diversions, etc. water right: Right to use water occurring in a water supply and putting it to beneficial use. watershed: Geographic area in which water, sediment and dissolved materials drain to a common outlet such as a point on a larger stream, a lake, an underlying aquifer and estuary or and ocean. water table: The top of the saturated ground weir: Device for determining and controlling the quantity of water released or flowing over it. West Pond: Created on the west side of Great Salt Lake by the removal of water from GSL by the WDPP. Creation of the pond expands the surface area of the lake by approximately 26 percent. 357 |