Pressure Head

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Water Systems

Working definition

Pressure expressed as the equivalent height of a fluid column, used when combining pressure with elevation and friction terms in hydraulic calculations.

In plain language

Pressure expressed as the equivalent height of a fluid column, used when combining pressure with elevation and friction terms in hydraulic calculations.

Why it matters

Pressure Head is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.