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FlashCards por Chantelle Lin, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Chantelle Lin
aproximadamente 12 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| water security | condition of water resource; extent to which it is threatened by overuse or contamination. access to adequate quantities of water, of acceptable quality, for human and environmental uses |
| threats to water security | population growth, urbanization, globalization, climate change, bioterrorism |
| reliable monthly discharge | flow equalled or exceeded, on average, in all but one month in 10 years |
| in-stream water uses | hydroelectricity, navigation, recreation, waste disposal |
| pollution point sources | industrial, sewage discharge |
| pollution non-point sources | agricultural runoff |
| qanats | subterranean, gravity-driven filtration systems in the Middle East, existed for centuries |
| common law | ancient customs or cumulative decisions of judges |
| virtual water | volume of water required to produce a commodity |
| riparian | a person who owns land that borders on or is crossed by a watercourse with a known and defined channel |
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