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• Falling Creek Ironworks — was established in 1619 by the Virginia Company of London in Henrico Cittie (sic) on Falling Creek near its confluence with the James River. It was the first iron production facility in North America, although it was short lived due to an attack… …   Wikipedia

• Falling Creek — is a tributary of the James River located near Richmond, Virginia. Approximately convert|25|mi|km in length, it varies in width between convert|10|ft|m at its source to several hundred feet in the Falling Creek Reservoir. Falling Creek rises in… …   Wikipedia

• Water supply — is the process of self provision or provision by third parties of water of various qualities to different users. Irrigation is covered separately. Global access to waterIn 2004 about 3.5 billion people worldwide (54% of the global population) had …   Wikipedia

• Water politics — Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by water and water resources.The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book by John Waterbury, entitled Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley, Syracuse University Press,… …   Wikipedia

• water — [wôt′ər, wät′ər] n. [ME < OE wæter, akin to Ger wasser < IE * wodōr < * wed , to wet (< base * awed , to moisten, flow) > Gr hydōr, water, L unda, a wave, Russ voda, water, Ir uisce, water] 1. the colorless, transparent liquid… …   English World dictionary

• Water skiing — is a sport where an individual (or more than one individual) is pulled behind a motor boat or a cable ski installation on a body of water wearing one or more skis. The surface area of the ski (or skis) keeps the person skimming on the surface of… …   Wikipedia

• Falling Spring — Falling Spring, WV U.S. town in West Virginia Population (2000): 209 Housing Units (2000): 113 Land area (2000): 0.508448 sq. miles (1.316874 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.021217 sq. miles (0.054951 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.529665 sq. miles (1 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

• Falling Spring, WV — U.S. town in West Virginia Population (2000): 209 Housing Units (2000): 113 Land area (2000): 0.508448 sq. miles (1.316874 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.021217 sq. miles (0.054951 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.529665 sq. miles (1.371825 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

• water power — 1. the power of running or falling water, used to drive machinery, etc., or capable of being so used 2. a fall of water that can be so used 3. a water right or privilege owned by a mill: Also waterpower n …   English World dictionary

• water wheel — n. 1. a wheel turned by water running against or falling on paddles, used as a source of power 2. a wheel with buckets on its rim, used for lifting water * * * …   Universalium

• water wheel — n. 1. a wheel turned by water running against or falling on paddles, used as a source of power 2. a wheel with buckets on its rim, used for lifting water …   English World dictionary