Natural environment

Natural environment

Related to any physical feature of the earth's natural environment.

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sag pond

Natural environment; Landslide

A small body of water occupying an enclosed depression or sag formed where active or recent fault movement has impounded drainage.

sea cliff retreat

Natural environment; Landslide

A cliff formed by wave action, causing the coastal cliff to erode and recede towards land.

seepage

Natural environment; Landslide

And concentrated subsurface drainage are indicated by springs, sag ponds, or moist areas on open slopes, and seepage sites along road cuts. The locations of these areas of ...

shear

Natural environment; Landslide

A deformation resulting from stresses that cause contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.

slurry

Natural environment; Landslide

A highly fluid mixture of water and finely divided material; for example, pulverized coal and water for movement by pipeline, or of cement and water for use in grouting.

soil mechanics

Natural environment; Landslide

The application of the principles of mechanics and hydraulics to engineering problems dealing with the behavior and nature of soils, sediments, and other unconsolidated ...

stress

Natural environment; Landslide

In a solid, the force per unit area, acting on any surface within it, and variously expressed as pounds or tons per square inch, or dynes or kilograms per square centimeter; also, ...