Glossary R

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A Ridge Tillage is the soil is left undisturbed from harvest to planting except for strips up to 1/3 of the row width.

A Riffle is a shallow, gravelly area of streambed with swift current. Used for spawning by salmonids and other fishes.

A Rill Erosion is the removal of soil by concentrated water running through little streamlets, or headcuts. Detachment in a rill occurs if the sediment in the flow is below the amount

A Ring Feeder is a steel hoop with individual head gates that may be placed over a large round bale of Hay when feeding it.

A Rinse sink is apparatus used to remove Debris and contaminants from Products and equipment (Brown and Caldwell, 1990).

A Rinsewater is Water used to remove Debris and contaminants from Products and equipment (Brown and Caldwell, 1990).

A riparian is located alongside a watercourse, typically a river.

A Riparian Area is an area, adjacent to and along a watercourse, often vegetated and constituting a Buffer zone between the nearby lands and the watercourse.

Riparian water rights are the rights of an owner whose land abuts water. They differ from state to state and often depend on whether the water is a river, lake, or ocean.

A riparian zone is the vegetative area on each bank of a body of water.

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