Glossary F

The Environmental Glossary. Letter F +++ Popular Articles: 'Function', 'Feeder', 'Fishery'

A Flaring is the burning of waste gases through a flare stack or other device before releasing them to the air.

A Flat Barn is an area for milking cattle where the person milking is on the same level as the cow.

A Flat-plate array is a PV Array which does not use concentration.

A Flatbed is a Flatbed, also called a haul brite, is a type of trailer on a truck that consists of a floor and no enclosure.

Flatbed Trailer Tarps are Trailer tarps properly drawn over irregularly shaped loads can improve airflow and decrease wind resistance, thereby improving Fuel economy.

floating plants are plants that grow free floating, rather than being attached to the stream bed.

- Flocculent: A flocculent (floc) is a mass of Particles that form into a clump as a result of a chemical reaction.

German: Ãœberflutung
A Flood is an overflow of water onto lands that are used or usable by man and not normally covered by water.

A flood plain is a strip of relatively flat and normally dry land alongside a stream, river, or lake that is covered by water during a flood.

A flood stage is the elevation at which overflow of the natural banks of a stream or body of water begins in the Reach or area in which the elevation is measured.

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