Glossary
B
- barrier
- - anything that blocks something from moving
- buttress
- - wall
C
- canyon
- - a steep sided valley caused by the movement of river water
- complex
- - complicated
- concrete
- - stone-like material used for construction
E
- earthen
- - made of earth materials such as rocks, sand, soil
- engineers
- - a person trained to design construction
F
- flooding
- - excess water
- foundation
- - the underlying base
G
- generator
- - a machine or device that turns mechanical energy into electricity
- glacial ice
- - ice found in glaciers
H
- horizontal
- - level with the ground
- hydroelectric
- - electricity created with the use of water
I
- ingenuity
- - cleverness or creativity in problem-solving
- irrigation
- - water moved from one place to another to grow crops
L
- landslides
- - land that shifts or slides due to water, earthquakes or other events
P
- potential energy
- - the stored energy that an object or substance has because of its position or state
- pressure
- - pushing
R
- recreation
- - activities done for fun - swimming, skiing, fishing
- regulated
- - to control or direct
- renewable
- - able to be replenished over time; cannot be used up
- reservoir
- - a body of water that builds up behind a dam
S
- sediment
- - the rock, sand and dirt that are carried by a river
- spillway
- - a structure or channel designed to release water from behind a dam
T
- turbines
- - a machine used to create electricity through the use of moving water
