Kaplan FlashCards
The public service, such as telephone, water, gas, or electricity.
utility
The digging or removal of earth
excavation
A log showing the types of soil encountered in a test boring and other relevant information
Soil Boring Log
In surveying, a direction stated in degrees, minutes, and seconds as an angular deviation east or west from due north or south.
bearing
The natural and manmade things, conditions, and influences surrounding a person, community, or place.
environment
The geographic area from which the participants in an activity are drawn, such as the customers of a shopping center or the employees of a manufacturing plant.
catchment
The minimum distance from the property line into which a structure may not extend.
Setback
The amount or degree of moisture in an area, a determining element of weather
Humidity
The gradual wearing away or disintegration of land caused by water, wind, and so on running over its surface
erosion
The percentage of total rainfall which is not absorbed in the ground and,hence, runs off. It must be collected in a system of surface and subsurface drains.
runoff coefficient
A hole through which a person can enter a sewer, pipe, conduit, and so on for inspection, repair, or maintenance.
Manhole
A flat or level surface
Plane
The design and arrangement of natural elements on a site
Landscaping
The climatic characteristics unique to a very small area
microclimate
A belvedere or viewing place
Gazebo
