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| Domain | Definition |
Environment | All water naturally open to the atmosphere (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, streams, impoundments, seas, estuaries, etc.). (references) |
Geography | Rain water and melt water running off the surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Hydrologic | Water that flows in streams and rivers and in natural lakes, in wetlands, and in reservoirs constructed by humans. (references) |
| Water that is on the Earth's surface, such as in a stream, river, lake, or reservoir. (references) | |
Mining | Water that rests on the surface of the lithosphere. (references) |
Science | Water on the surface of the Earth exposed to the atmosphere, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Cement capping has been laid around filled well to stop seepage from surface water. John Hardesty well project, Charles County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Avoid consuming unpasteurized milk and untreated surface water. (references) | |
Don't drink unpasteurized milk and juices and untreated surface water. (references) | ||
Surface water and mountain streams can become contaminated from infected feces from cows or wild birds. (references) | ||
Business | Industrial estates take either ground water or surface water and treat it to supply factories in their estates. (references) | |
Other industrial estates tap surface water or ground water and they then treat it prior to piping it to their clients. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "SURFACE WATER": body of surface water. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
surface water | 22 |
2 hec profile surface water | 6 |
surface water drainage | 4 |
earth surface water | 4 |
drain surface water | 3 |
surface water quality | 2 |
georgia standard surface water | 2 |
bacterium count north sea surface water | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SURFACE WATER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | overfladisk afstrømning (rain water, run-off, storm water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | langs oppervlakten wegstromende neerslag (rain water, run-off, storm water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sade-ja sulamisvesi (rain water, run-off, storm water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | eau de ruissellement, eau de pluie, eau d'écoulement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Traufwasser (rain water, run-off, storm water), Regenwasserablauf (rain water, run-off, storm water), Abwasser (drainage, effluence, effluent, sewage, slop, waste water), Ablaufwasser (escaped water, operation waste, rain water, run-off, storm water), Abflusswasser (rain water, run-off, storm water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιφανειακά νερά (rain water, run-off, storm water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felszíni víz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acqua piovana (rainwater), acqua di scorrimento (rain water, run-off, storm water), acqua di ruscellamento (rain water, run-off, storm water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urfacesay aterway água de escorrimento (rain water, run-off, storm water), água de escoamento (rain water, run-off, storm water), água da chuva (rain water, run-off, storm water). (various references) aguas superficiales (surfacewater), aguas pluviales (rain water, run-off, storm water), agua de lluvia (rainwater). (various references) dagvatten (rain water, run-off, storm water, street wash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-f-r-r-s-t-u-w" | |
-2 letters: aftercares. | |
-3 letters: aftercare, arcatures, creatures, fractures, furcraeas, resurface, warcrafts. | |
-4 letters: arcature, austerer, caesurae, carfares, caterers, creature, ecraseur, factures, farceurs, features, ferrates, fracture, fracturs, furcates, furcraea, ratafees, recrates, refracts, refuters, retraces, seacraft, seafarer, seawater, secateur, surfacer, teawares, terraces, treasure, waftures, warcraft, warfares, waterers. | |
-5 letters: acerate, aerates, afreets, arcuate, aureate, austere, caesura, carafes, carates, careers, carfare. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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