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8. Glossary of Terms
Hydrology: Pertaining to the study of water on the surface of the land, in the soil
and underlying geology, and in the air.
Impervious surface: Any material that reduces or prevents absorption of water
into land.
Infrastructure: Public services and facilities, such as sewage-disposal systems,
water supply systems, other utility systems, and road and site access systems.
Interpretation: A communication process designed to reveal meanings and
relationships of our cultural and natural heritage through involvement with
objects, artifacts, landscapes, sites, and oral histories.
Kilowatt: A measure of the rate of electrical flow equal to 1,000 watts.
Kilowatt-hour: A measure of quality of electrical consumption equal to the
power of 1 kilowatt acting for 1 hour.
Landform: Configuration of land surface (topography).
Mean sea level: The average altitude of sea surface for all tidal stages.
Mitigation measure: A measure proposed that would eliminate, avoid, rectify,
compensate for, or reduce significant environmental effects (see State CEQA
Guidelines §15370).
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): The official federal list of
buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts worthy of historic preservation.
The register recognizes resources of local, State, and national significance, and
includes four criteria under which a resource can be considered significant for
listing on the Register. The registers lists those properties: (1) that are associated
with events that made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our
history, (2) that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past, (3)
that embody the distinctive character of a type, period, or method of construction
or that represent the work of a master, or that possess an artistic value, or that
represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack
individual distinction, and (4) that have yielded or may be likely to yield
information important in prehistory or history.
Native species: A plant or animal that is historically indigenous to a specific site
area.
Open space: An area with few or no paved surfaces or buildings, which may be
primarily in its natural state or improved for use as a park.
Public Resources Code (PRC): California code addressing natural, cultural,
aesthetic, and recreation resources of the State.
Riparian habitat: The vegetative and wildlife areas that are adjacent to perennial
and intermittent streams and are delineated by the existence of plant species
normally found near fresh water.
8-4 San Luis Reservoir SRA
Draft RMP/GP and Draft EIS/EIR