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| Holds moisture and is anaerobic |
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| National Environmental Protection Act |
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| American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) |
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| Graphic for stream course |
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| Dash, three dots, dash, 3 dots |
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| Walls located on the sides of a set of steps to serve as a transition between the steps and the accompanying slope. |
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| 3 primary elements of a wall/ fence |
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Stretchers
Headers
Soldiers |
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| Three ways brick can be used in courses n a wall |
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| A cross between concrete block and adobe bricks are actually concrete |
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Plasticity
Motion
Sound
Reflectivity
Texture |
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Shows exisitng and proposed contours
as well as the outline of all buildings, roads, walkways, trails, walls, drop inlets,catch basins, spot grades and other structural elements. |
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| Defines slope steepness by means of a ratio between the horizontal distance and the vertical elevation change within the slope. 1st figure of raito represents horizontal, 2nd represents veritical elev.change |
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________ = % slope
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Percentage Method
1- 5 % considred ideal for many exterior sopaces & functions
15%+ too steep for most land uses & functions |
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| Provides clear views of the immediate slope in the foreground as well as more distant views to the MG and BG. Important point for locating structures that visually blend with the landform |
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Open space
Semiopen space
Canopied Space
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| Architectural uses of plant materials |
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| Concept of relating a building to its site, diminishing the break between indoor and outdoors through gradual changes. |
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| Excellent source of detailed renewable site data. Basis for detailed contour maps. |
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Arterials
Collectors
Local
Cul de sacs |
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| Basic rock components of soil |
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| Maximum safe speed that can be continuously maintained on a piece of road. |
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Two curves of the same direction but of different radius that are joined directly together.
To be avoided whenever possible. |
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| Refers to the degree of bearing from your current position to another position. Azimuth means bearing. The direction from one position to another position. The set range of Azimuth is 0º to 360º. |
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| The 180-degree opposite of the azimuth or bearing. Also know as back azimuth |
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| The Clinometer can be a device, or, a feature on a compass in which a measure of vertical angles can be taken; such as a slope of a hill. Clinometers can also be used as a level |
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| The difference in elevation (height) between one contour line and the next. This interval is either expressed in feet or meters. |
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| These are the elements that make up a landscape. They may be habitats to a certain species, they may be vegetation types, they may be a certain characteristics of vegetation (i.e., density, age); always defined in terms of the object of interest. Patches themselves may hold spatial heterogeneity at a scale smaller than the patch itself, and patch boundaries depend on the scale considered |
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| The matrix is the most extensive and common patch type – the one that dominates the landscape. Defining the matrix also depends on the object of interest, and also depends on the scale of investigation |
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