| Term No. | Term Name | Term Description |
| 3063 | Kinematic viscosity | The ratio of the coefficient of viscosity to the density of the fluid...... |
| 3046 | Kinetic energy | The energy possessed by a body or unit of fluid as a result of its motion, usually it is the mass multiplied by half the square of the velocity...... |
| 3368 | Kinetic flow factor | A factor defined by twice the ratio of the kinetic energy head to the potential energy head. It measures the degree of rapidity or tranquillity of flo..... |
| 3367 | Kineticity, or Velocity-head ratio | Ratio of the kinetic energy head to the potential energy head...... |
| 1490 | Kinked spur | A Spur whose shank is kept normal to high bank and whose nose portion is kept normal to the river flow, where the high banks are not parallel to the r..... |
| 2134 | Kleiplaat soils | Soils consisting of heavy clay, but with a peat layer, lying so deep and being so thin that the area did not undergo inversion, i.e. sequence of clay ..... |
| 1063 | Knoll spring, or Mound spring | A spring occurring on the top of a small knoll or mound, produced, wholly or in part, by precipitation of mineral matter from the spring water; or by ..... |
| 5745 | Knot | A branch base embedded in the tree or timber...... |
| 5746 | Knot cluster | A number of knots with wood fibres deflected round the entire group...... |
| 8554 | Knowledge engineering | Engineering on knowledge, especially for designing and writing expert computer systems."..... |
| 2845 | Kreuter dissipator, or Kreuter brake | An energy dissipator used for pipe flows. The water flows out of the pipe radially in the form of a disc. Hydraulic rollers formed under the disc diss..... |
| 8671 | Kriging | A statistical method for spatial interpolation or extrapolation of hydrological data...... |
| 1309 | Kumatology | The study of the phenomena of water waves...... |
| 3081 | Kutter`s equation | An empirical formula expressing the value of coefficient C in the Chezy`s formula, in terms of a coefficient of roughness, the hydraulic radius and th..... |
| 2151 | Kwelders | Soils along the coast of Holland subject to overflow by sea water at high tide...... |
| 9327 | Kyoto Protocol | The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at the Third Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) i..... |
