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Alphabetical index of categories: W

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Number of information resources is shown in parentheses after each term.

wadi bends -> arroyos (2) wadi junctions -> arroyos (2) wadi mouths -> arroyos (2) wadis -> arroyos (2) walls -> buildings (4) warehouses -> buildings (4) global warming (4) early warning systems -> hazard preparedness (23) washes -> arroyos (2) bees and wasps (2) wasps -> bees and wasps (2) waste disposal sites -> disposal sites (2) nuclear waste repositories -> waste treatment and disposal (19) radioactive waste repositories -> waste treatment and disposal (19) waste repositories -> waste treatment and disposal (19) waste treatment -> waste treatment and disposal (19) waste treatment and disposal (19) wastewater -> wastewater use (4) wastewater treatment -> waste treatment and disposal (19) wastewater use (4) mass wasting (16) bird watching -> recreation (2) bodies of water -> hydrographic features (165) drinking water -> drinking water use (3) gray water -> wastewater use (4) grey water -> wastewater use (4) ground water (156) potable water -> drinking water use (3) reclaimed water -> water resource management (16) surface water (non-marine) (150) sounds (bodies of water) -> channels (2) water-quality -> water quality (254) water-quality data (84) -> water quality WITH datasets surface water/ground water interaction -> ground-water and surface-water interaction (1) ground water/surface water interaction -> ground-water and surface-water interaction (1) water balance -> water budget (1) water birds -> birds (62) water bodies -> hydrographic features (165) water budget (1) water chemistry (57) water circulation (3) watercourses -> streams (51) water cycle (1) water demand -> water supply and demand (52) waterfowl -> birds (62) water hardness (2) waterholes -> hydrographic features (165) aquifer-surface water interaction -> ground-water and surface-water interaction (1) ground water/surface water interaction -> ground-water and surface-water interaction (1) surface water/ground water interaction -> ground-water and surface-water interaction (1) water mills -> hydrographic structures (15) water pH (4) water pollution (9) -> contamination and pollution WITH water resources water properties (39) water properties (marine) -> marine chemistry (1) marine water quality (11) ocean water quality -> marine water quality (11) surface water quality (24) water quality (254) water resource management (16) water resources (320) water sampling (40) watershed management (11) watersheds -> drainage basins (45) water subsurface -> ground water (156) public water supply -> domestic water use (4) water supply and demand (52) water table -> ground-water level (8) water temperature (7) agricultural water use (5) commercial water use (1) domestic water use (4) drinking water use (3) hydroelectric power generation water use -> power generation water use (3) in-stream water use -> instream water use (7) instream water use (7) livestock water use -> agricultural water use (5) mining water use (1) off-stream water use -> offstream water use (11) offstream water use (11) power generation water use (3) residential water use -> domestic water use (4) rural water use -> agricultural water use (5) thermoelectric power generation water use -> power generation water use (3) water use (33) water utilities -> water use (33) water waves -> ocean waves (7) water wells -> wells (10) ocean waves (7) tidal waves -> tsunamis (7) water waves -> ocean waves (7) weather -> atmospheric and climatic processes (87) weather monitoring (40) -> field inventory and monitoring WITH atmospheric and climatic processes weather observations (40) -> field inventory and monitoring WITH atmospheric and climatic processes weather stations -> research facilities (2) food web (3) weirs -> dam sites (3) well drilling (4) well logging -> borehole logging (4) oil wells -> wells (10) water wells -> wells (10) wells (10) wetland ecosystems (25) wetland functions (5) forested wetlands -> wetlands (26) intermittent wetlands -> wetlands (26) wetlands (26) wharves -> piers (1) wheat belts -> agricultural regions (1) whirlpools -> hydrographic features (165) wilderness areas -> parks (7) wildfires -> fires (12) wildlife (25) wildlife areas -> reserves (2) wildlife biology (38) wildlife population management (19) wildlife refuges -> reserves (2) wildlife reserves -> reserves (2) wilson cycle -> tectonic processes (20) wind (1) woods (1) segmented worms (2) worms (3) wrecking yards -> disposal sites (2)


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